Recently, Li Siguang Award for Outstanding Students Committee announced the 2022 final list (the 13th) of Li Siguang Award for Outstanding Students. Wei Yongbo, a postgraduate majoring in geological resources and geological engineering, and Chai Junlin, an undergraduate majoring in geology in UPC, won the honor.

Wei Yongbo, a master student in geological resources and geological engineering, has focused on unconventional oil and gas geology during his master’s degree. He has participated in one National Natural Science Foundation project, one provincial and ministerial project, and one department and bureau level project as the key participant of the projects, and has won the honors such as National Scholarship for master students, Excellent Student and Excellent Graduate of Shandong Province, etc.

Chai Junlin, an undergraduate in geology, has ranked the first in the average score of his major during his first three years, has won the National Scholarship and CNPC Scholarship, completed one national university students’ innovation and entrepreneurship training program, and led his team to be listed in the national top 100 of the “China Young Leaders” summer social research program for university students.

Li Siguang Award for Outstanding Students is the highest student award of earth science in China at present. The award aims at propagating Li Siguang’s academic thought, inheriting and developing Li Siguang’s spirit of continuous innovation, courage to make breakthrough in science and patriotism from the needs of the nation, and encouraging students of geological area to make more contributions to socialist modernization and scientific and technological progress.

Translated by: Jiang Shaofei

Reviewed: Xu Xiaoyan

Updated: 2022-10-18