On March 23-24, the Cryosphere Science Development Strategy Seminar and the 2023 Annual Council Meeting of the Chinese Society for Cryospheric Sciences were held in Lingshui, Hainan. During the meeting, the Shi Yafeng Cryosphere and Environment Foundation's Outstanding Scientist Award and Young Scientist Award for 2023 were presented. Academicians Qin Dahe, Yao Tandong, and Zhang Renhe awarded the prizes. Professor Cao Bo from the College of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Lanzhou University was honored as one of the five "Shi Yafeng Cryosphere and Environment Foundation Young Scientists," recognizing his innovative achievements in the field of glacier change and its impacts.

Mr. Shi Yafeng is an outstanding geographer and glaciologist in China, a pioneer and founder of modern Chinese glacial and permafrost science, as well as a precursor in modern geography in China. The "Shi Yafeng Cryosphere and Environment Young Scientist Award" aims to reward young scientific and technical workers in the field of cryosphere and environment who have new ideas, insights, discoveries, technologies, and methods, and have made outstanding contributions to the development of the cryosphere and environment. According to the relevant award regulations, the selection of awardees must go through procedures such as nomination by the professional committees and the standing council of the Chinese Society for Cryospheric Sciences (preparatory), formal review by the Foundation Management Committee, and voting by the Foundation Management Committee.

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Professor Cao Bo has long adhered to combining traditional glaciology with modern remote sensing technology, delving deeply into glacier change research. He has been a core member in establishing a provincial-level field observation research station (Gansu Province Shiyang River Station). He has published 35 academic papers, including 15 as the first author or corresponding author in SCI-indexed journals, with a total citation count of 974 (Google Scholar). He has led projects such as the National Natural Science Foundation of China's Young Scientists Fund, General Program, provincial key R&D plan topics, participated in the Second Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Comprehensive Scientific Expedition project, key R&D plan topics, and received one directive from provincial and ministerial leaders. He also received the "Ministry of Education Doctoral Student New Academic Award" (2012), the "Young Teacher Innovation Award" from the Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems, Ministry of Education (2022), and guided students to win the grand prize in the National College Students' GIS Skills Competition, for which he was named "Outstanding Instructor" (2022). He serves as a member of the Youth Work Committee of the Chinese Society for Cryospheric Sciences (preparatory), a young editorial board member of the "Journal of Glaciology and Geocryology," and other academic positions, as well as a "science and technology special envoy" in Wuwei City, among other social positions.