From June 3 to 7, the 35th Academic Meeting of American Society of Mining and Reclamation (ASMR) was held in St. Louis, Missouri. Prof. Hu Zhenqi from CUMTB, also the life member of ASMR, won the international award Pioneer in Reclamation in the field of mine reclamation. This is the first time for a Chinese scholar in land and ecological reclamation to win this international award.