Twenty-four candidates, including movie directors, journalists,
environmentalists, corporate leaders and environment watchdog
officials, will compete for ten "Green Chinese" awards.
The list of candidates was made public Monday by the China
Environment Culture Promotion Association (CECPA), the event's
organizing committee.
They were selected from 280 nominees by respondents to a survey
and an online poll as well as a group of judges, according to the
CECPA.
The candidates will go through several selection rounds before
the final result is released on December 8, the CECPA said.
Zhang Yimou, famous Chinese film director, is among the
candidates for following eco-friendly rules during movie shooting
and highlighting "green" issues as the chief director for the
opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games in 2008.
Besides Zhang, there are two directors Zhang Jizhong and Feng
Xiaoning on the list. "It shows that China's entertainment industry
is paying more and more attention to the environmental issue," said
Wang Panpu, the CECPA secretary-general.
Douglas W. Muzyka, president of DuPont Greater China, and Steve
Trent, president of the international environmental organization
WildAid, are the only two foreigners on the list.
The annual event in its third year kicked off in September and
more than 50,000 Chinese took part in nominating candidates by
mail, e-mail and fax.?
(Xinhua News Agency November 27, 2007)
