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Review of Activities for the Year of 2007 and 2008


There were 15 media workers/students who were awarded our prizes in the competitions of 2007 and 2008. They were:

2007-2008:

Two winners, “Best Works” in the television, broadcast and network reports category:
Yu Wen, Huafeng Group of Meteorological Audio and Video Information: Glaciers are fading away.
Shi Shaochen,Science Channel in Sohu: The debt of “Global Warming” will be paid off sooner or later.

Three winners, “Best Works” in the newspaper and publications category:
Liu Shu, journalist, Science and Technology Daily: Do you reduce your carbon dioxide remission today?
Qin Qing, journalist, Xinhua News Agency in Yunnan Branch: Global warming——will Tibet plateau still be the haven of wild animals?
Zhou Kai, journalist of China Youth Daily in Shanghai Branch: How much energy will modern youths’ impulsive spending consume?

One winner, “Best Works ” in the Scientific and Technological Communications category:
Yan Yingying, Beijing Xicheng Youth Science and Technology Museum: Global Warming and us

One winner, “Best Works” in the students reports category:
Kang Wenxuan, College of Journalism and Communication of Tsinghua University: When climate becomes politics

2008-2009:

Three winners, “Best Works” in the newspaper and publications category:
Zhu Yan, CCTV, “Development Gap in the Climate Changes” (Published in the “Nanfeng Chuang” Magazine )
Wang Liping,Science Times, “Warming Tibet Causes Potential Risks of Flooding Hazard ”
Qiu Dengke, Privatize Economical News, “Pearl River Delta is Promoting Low Carbon Economy”

Two winners, “Best Works” in the planning and editing category:
Liu Shixin, China Youth Daily, “Reducing Emission Under the Power of High Fuel Price”
Xia Jianhong, Nature and Science Magazine, “Climate Cool. Design the Future”

One Winner, “Best Works” in the television, broadcast and network reports category:
Yu Lei/Zhao Huaiyan, Huafeng Group of Meteorological Audio and Video Information, “Transition of the Ebinur Lake”

One Winner, “Best Works” in the students reports category:
Gao Wenhuan, Cheung Kong School of Journalism and Communication of Shantou University, “The Way of Building Energy Conservation”

One Winner, “Best Works” in the photography category:
Qin Qing, Xinhua News Agency in Yunnan Branch,“Xishuangbanna: Weeping Rain Forest”

These 15 winners received the opportunity to undertake a field tour and study in the UK. During their visit, they not only interviewed the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, relevant ministers and officials of British Government and experts on climate change, but also visited some environmentally-friendly enterprises and organizations. Winners also visited the Guardian, Thames Barrage, Waltham Abbey in Lee Valley Park, a BBC recording studio powered by solar energy, British Carbon Neutral Community, the International Environment and Development Association and the Carbon Trust. They also paid visits to the Research Center for Climate Change at the University of East Anglia and Imperial College London to understand the most cutting edge scientific research into climate change. It can be seen from their remarks that they all benefited a lot from this journey:

“Low carbon life, cool; low carbon economy, energetic; Climate Cool, leading the future. ” ---Qiu Dengke, Privatize Economical News

“As a pioneering country of environmental protection and emission reduction, Britain gave us different field experiences. Various activities held by the Cultural and Education Section of the British Embassy not only opened our eyes and were of great benefit, but also gave us a lot of fun.”----Kang Wenxuan, College of Journalism and Communication of Tsinghua University

“It impressed me most when we were interviewing the Carbon Trust. Established under the investment of 100 million pounds by the British government, it is designed to develop low carbon technologies through cooperation with enterprises and to build Britain as ‘a hub of the global low carbon technologies’. We in China shall learn much from it. ” ---Gao Wenhuan, Cheung Kong School of Journalism and Communication of Shantou University

“It is really a very wonderful study trip and we were able to make acquaintance with various people who are concerned about climate change. It is very interesting that they may bear contradictory views. ” ----- Wang Liping, Science Times

 
 
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