The Fields Prize was established at the 9th International Congress of Mathematicians on 1932, and is considered as the Nobel Prize in the international mathematics field. 1936 awarded for the first time. The prize is awarded every four years, and no more than four winners each time, and each person can get a medal and prize made of pure gold. The medal is engraved with the head of the Greek mathematician Archimedes, and the motto of "beyond the limits of mankind, be the master of the universe" is engraved in Latin.

The Fields Prize, named after Canadian mathematician john fields, is awarded to mathematicians under the age of 40 who have made outstanding achievements. When John Fields presided over the 7th International Congress of Mathematicians in 1924, he proposed to use the surplus funds of the Congress to set up a fund to encourage young mathematicians. Before the death of 1932, he donated a part of his property, plus the balance of the Seventh National Congress as a fund to set up a "no country name, group name and individual name" bonus. 1932 The 9th International Congress of Mathematicians formally decided to establish the Fields Prize. The winners were selected by an eight-member jury selected by the Executive Committee of the International Federation of Mathematicians and announced at the International Congress of Mathematicians.

The Fields Prize is only $654.38 +0.5 million, which is far from the Nobel Prize. However, the academic reputation won by the Fields Prize winners is absolutely not inferior to that won by the Nobel Prize winners.

1982, Professor Qiu Chengtong, a Chinese-American mathematician, won the Fields Prize, becoming the first China native to win this honor.

J.C. Fields was born in Ottawa, Canada on May 1863. 1 1 years old lost his father, 18 years old lost his mother. His family is not very good. J.C. Fields entered the University of Toronto to study mathematics at the age of 17. At the age of 24, he received his Ph.D. degree from Johns Hopkins University and worked as a professor at Allegheny University for 26 years. From 65438 to 0892, he went to Paris and Berlin to study and work. 65438-0902 After returning to China, he taught at the University of Toronto. 1907 J.C. Fields was elected as a member of the Royal Society of Canada. He was also elected as a member of many scientific groups such as the Royal Society and the Soviet Academy of Sciences.