In September 2024, Erwin Neher, a Nobel Prize laureate in physiology or medicine, received the Chinese Government Friendship Award.

Back in 2016, he was invited by Macau University of Science and Technology to set up a laboratory on campus. Macao at that time was known as a "research desert", but Neher led his team to achieve remarkable research breakthroughs in areas such as the ion channel and in brain neurology. He has also delved deeply into the secrets of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of major diseases such as cancer and heart disease.

In the time he has spent in Macao over the last eight years, he has shared in the hardships of Macao's research journey and witnessed the great achievements, and has written a song expressing the deep friendship he feels toward China.