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俄羅斯科學院西伯利亞分院(SB RAS)大會，9月12日投票通過授予潤泰集團總裁尹衍樑榮譽博士學位，此為俄羅斯科學院西伯利亞分院頒發給傑出貢獻外籍人士之最高榮譽，同時也是該院首次頒發給亞洲之傑出科技人士。
尹衍樑長期致力推動營建科技研究，其於精密預鑄系統工法及建築耐震、減震的科技創新及應用成果，普獲世界肯定，並在建築節能、資源循環經濟、低能源替代水泥產製、減少水泥及鋼筋使用量卻達成更高耐震能力的發明及應用等，都對世界永續發展有卓越貢獻。其係以在地震領域的特殊貢獻，獲頒俄羅斯科學院西伯利亞分院之至高殊榮。
此外，另有4位在其他領域有傑出表現的人士同時獲選授予榮譽博士學位，分別為蒙古科學院院士Badarchiin Biaambaa教授（農業科學領域）、白俄羅斯國家科學院通訊院士Vladimir Vitalievich Azarenko（農業科學領域）、德國Henrikh Fyolk教授（物理領域），及在台灣之國立成功大學航太工程系苗易君特聘教授（機械領域）。
俄羅斯科學院為政府設置機構，因幅員廣大，以地理位置區分為莫斯科總院、西伯利亞分院、遠東分院與烏拉爾分院 4 部分，各分院獨立運作；其中西伯利
亞分院行政中心設於新西伯利亞市（Novosibirsk），成立於 1957 年，包含 9 個科學中心，75 個研究機構，近 9000 研究人員。為促進台灣與西伯利亞
地區科學與技術研究合作，科技部曾於 2007 年與之簽約啓動雙邊支持台俄研究人員之研究計畫與研討會等交流活動。
擁有五百多項專利的工程奇才，尹衍樑不僅是台灣績優的企業經營管理者，更是位大而無私的慈善教育家。他於2012年創辦唐獎，考究21世紀人類所需要的智慧，設置4大獎項（永續發展、生技醫藥、漢學及法治），每獎項獎金高達新台幣5000萬元，是創設於台灣的國際大獎，勉勵全球頂尖優秀人才共同為世界文明而努力。2014年首屆頒獎，每兩年頒發乙次，累計來自世界各地共19位得獎人，2020年舉辦第四屆頒獎。每屆固定6月18至21日逐獎項公布得獎人，9月25日頒獎並舉行為期一週的唐獎週活動。
Dr. Samuel Yin, One of the First Asians to be Awarded Honorary Doctorate by the Russian Academy of Sciences
The Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SB RAS) voted on September 12 to confer an honorary doctorate on Dr. Samuel Yin, chairman of the Ruentex Group. It is the highest honor the SB RAS bestows on non-Russian nationals of notable achievements, and it was the first time they presented this award to technology experts from Asia.
Dr. Yin has long been committed to promoting research on construction technology. He has won international recognition for his innovations in systematic precast concrete technology and in the construction of seismic resistant & isolated buildings. In addition, he has made great contributions to the sustainability of the planet in the areas of energy efficient buildings, circular economy, and in terms of using green energy for cement production, and of reducing the amount of cement and steels required to improve the seismic capacity of a structure. This high honor came in the form of the SB RAS’s appreciation for the significant differences Dr. Yin’s has made to earthquake prevention and safety.
Apart from Dr. Yin, four outstanding scholars with different expertise also received an honorary doctoral degree from the SB RAS: Prof. Badarchiin Biaambaa (agricultural science), academician of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Vladimir Vitalievich Azarenko (agricultural science), academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Prof. Henrikh Fyolk (physics) from Germany, and Miao Yijun (mechanics), distinguished professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan.
Set up by the government, the RAS is a huge institute headquartered in Moscow, with three branches operating independently in different locations: the Siberian Branch, the Far East Branch and the Ural Branch. Founded in 1957, the administrative center of the Siberian Branch is situated in Novosibirsk and comprises 9 science centers, 75 research organizations and nearly 9,000 researchers. To increase the collaborations on technological research between Taiwan and Siberia, in 2007, the Ministry of Science and Technology in Taiwan signed a contract with the Siberia Branch to support bilateral research projects and further interactions between both sides.
An engineering wizard with more than 500 patents under his belt, Dr. Yin is not only a successful entrepreneur in Taiwan, but also an altruistic philanthropist and educator. He founded the Tang Prize Foundation in 2012 to foreground the wisdom needed in order to tackle issues confronting humanity in the 21st century. The prize consists of four award categories, namely Sustainable Development, Biopharmaceutical Science, Sinology and Rule of Law, with the prize money of NT$50 million awarded to winners in each category. Established in Taiwan and inaugurated in 2014, the Tang Prize is aimed to have a global reach, encouraging the world’s top talents to work together for the betterment of human civilization. Awarded biannually, the prizes have been accepted by 19 winners from all over the world. In 2020, the fourth Tang Prize award year, the foundation will follow the standard protocol and announce the winners on a daily basis from June 18 to 21, while the Tang Prize week will ensue in September when the awards ceremony takes place on the 25.