J. S. LEE AND A. P. KARPINSKY GOLDEN PRIZE

J.S. Lee (Li Siguang)has a close contact with the geosciences field of the Soviet Union. His contributions to geology was highly appraised by the soviet Union geologists. In 1958, the general assembly of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union unanimously elected J.S.Lee as the academician of the Soviet Academy of Sciences. The prestigious A. P. Karpinsky golden prize was established in the Soviet Union in 1947 to honor outstanding geologists and their academic contributions to the field of geology. From 1947 to 2017, 20 Russians and 1 Chinese have been honored with this award. The sixth recipient, J.S.Lee, was honored with this prize in 1958 as the only non-Russian. Two of his influential books have been translated into russian.The geology of China was translated in 1952 and Vortex structure of north-western China in 1958. The two translations had a great impact on the Soviet Union geological community at that time. It greatly promoted the widespread of J.S.Lee's academic thoughts. The century-old development process of geology survey in China also bears the imprint of Russian geoscience theories, norms, methods and practice, symbolizing geology without borders. Under the background of "One Belt And One Road" cooperation initiative as well as the widespread of J.S.Lee's academic thoughts, the exchanges and cooperation between China and Russia, China and central Asia in the field of geology will continue to deepen and become fruitful.