On September 30, 2022, the 2022 Chinese Government Friendship Award Ceremony was held in the Great Hall of the People. Professor Katsumi Tanigaki, Chief Scientist of Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences (BAQIS), won this year's Chinese Government Friendship Award, becoming the first foreign scientist of BAQIS to receive this award. Prof. Tanigaki won this award for his important contribution to China's socialist modernization as well as exchanges and cooperation with other countries.