Fields Medal, also translated as Fields Medal, is an international mathematics prize established at the request of Canadian mathematician john charles fields. It was first awarded in 1936. Fields Prize is one of the highest international prizes in the field of mathematics. Because there is no mathematics prize in the Nobel Prize, it is called "Nobel Prize in Mathematics".

The Fields Prize is awarded every four years, and an award ceremony is held at the quadrennial international congress of mathematicians sponsored by the International Mathematical Federation, and 2 to 4 mathematicians with outstanding contributions are awarded each time. By the end of 2022, 65 mathematicians around the world had won the Fields Prize, including two mathematicians from China, namely Qiu Chengtong, who won the prize of 1982, and Tao Zhexuan, who won the prize in 2006.

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The jury of the Fields Prize is elected by the Executive Committee of the League of Nations, and is generally chaired by the President of the International Mathematical Union. The judges will select at least two Fields Prize winners representing all fields of mathematics (four are highly recommended).

One of the requirements of the Fields Medal for winners is that all winners should not be over 40 years old. French mathematician Searle, winner of the Fields Prize in 1954, holds the record of the minimum age when winning the prize: 27 years old, and the winner must be under 40 before New Year's Day.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Fields Prize.