The Translation and Culture Lifetime Achievement Award is given to Ji Xianling (middle) by the TCA and presented by Liu Xiliang (second from the right) President of the TCA and Wu Zhipan, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee at Peking University, in September, 2006. The Translators Association of China initiated a project to award outstanding translators in 2001, and established the "Translation and Culture Lifetime Achievement Award" in 2006, in order to encourage young translators to learn from their predecessors' professional dedication and experience.