Chinese government has awarded George Shaller for his achievement in conservation of endangered species such as Marco Polo sheep and indeed he did a great research project on the population of the mentioned species for extensive amount of time so Mr.Shaller deserved it.
That's on chinese side of the border which is outstanding but on the other side places like Kyrgyzstan and Tadjikistan the situation is quite dramatic in fact the Marco Polo sheep hunting trophy is flourishing as it stated in my article.