The Second China Social Innovation Award 2012 announced its Awardees on December 22, 2012 in Beijing. After presentation and debate, based on application materials and survey report conducted by the organizers, 10 projects were conferred with China Social Innovation Award 2012, with other 14 projects as finalists.
The Ceremony was chaired by Prof. He from China Central Compilation & Translation Bureau. Deputy Director of the Bureau, Mr. YU Keping, and Deputy Director of Civil Organization Administration Bureau, Mr. LIU Zhenguo addressed on the ceremony. Around 200 representatives from government, Peking University, Tsinghua University, Beijing Normal University, awardee organizations, and other organizations attended the ceremony. From the start of the Award program in July 2012 to the deadline of the submission on September 30, 2012, the organizer has received 249 applications from 30 regions and provinces across China. And the project submitted by the Pendeba Society, “Pendeba Nature Conservation and Community Development” has won an excellence award. Tsering Norbu, Executive Director of the Society went to Beijing on behalf of the Society to present the project and received the Award.
“China Social Innovation Award aims to discover and encourage innovated actions to address social issues, meet social needs, create social values and promote social progress,” said Mr. YU, “and it can draw lessons from and disseminate good practices of China’s social innovation, and promote social fairness and good governance. This Award has attached great attention from across the nation and receives support from the civil affairs departments and social organizations.”