Friendship Award (China)
The People's Republic of China Friendship Award | |
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Awarded for | Foreign experts who have made outstanding contributions to the country's economic and social progress |
Location | Beijing |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Presented by | State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs State Council of the People's Republic of China |
Reward(s) | Medal, certificate |
First awarded | 1950; 74 years ago (1950) |
The Chinese Government's Friendship Award (simplified Chinese: 中国政府友谊奖; traditional Chinese: 中國政府友誼獎; pinyin: Zhōngguó Zhèngfǔ Yǒuyì Jiǎng; lit. 'Chinese Government's Friendship Award') is the People's Republic of China's highest award for "foreign experts who have made outstanding contributions to the country's economic and social progress".[1] The award was first established in 1950s, when it was awarded to experts from the former Soviet Union and East European countries by the then premier Zhou Enlai and the foreign minister Chen Yi.[2] On September 15, 1955, the Chinese government decreed that each departing Soviet expert be issued a medal.[3] This medal featured the flags of China and the Soviet Union along with the inscription "Long live the Sino-Soviet Friendship" (Chinese: 中苏友谊万岁; pinyin: Zhōng–Sū Yǒuyì Wànsuì).[3] The friendship award was abolished with the Sino-Soviet split in the early 1960s. During the period that followed, in particular the Cultural Revolution, foreigners in China were often regarded as "spies" and very few remained in the country.[3]
After the reopening of China, a new Friendship Award was reintroduced in 1991.[4] Since then, the winners have been selected by the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs (SAFEA) under the State Council.[5] The award is conferred as part of the celebrations for the National Day of the People's Republic of China (October 1).[2] The award consist of a medal and an award certificate. The medal is decorated with a picture of the Great Wall on the obverse along with the inscription "Friendship Award" in Chinese ("友谊奖", on the top), and in English (on the bottom). Besides the national friendship award, various local foreign expert awards are also being made at the provincial, regional, and municipal levels.[2]
As of 2021[update], 1,799 foreigners have received the award.[6]
Laureates
Year | Name | Profession | Field | Country | Institution | Citation |
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1994 | Paul Bouchard | Civil Engineer | Construction (cement plant) | ![]() | FLSmidth | |
1994 | Horst Marschner | Professor | ![]() | University of Hohenheim | [7] | |
1995 | Jane E. Josselyn | Professor | Translation | ![]() | Jilin University of Technology | [8] |
1998 | William Lindesay OBE | Conservationist | Environment | ![]() | University of Liverpool | [9] |
1999 | Albert Roman | Musician | Music | ![]() | [citation needed] | |
1999 | Çetin Şengonca | Professor | ![]() | Universität Bonn | [10] | |
2001 | Roger Mason | Professor | Geology | ![]() | China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) | [11] |
2003 | Sebastian Zimmer | Expert | ![]() | [citation needed] | ||
2004 | Erwin Reisch | Economist | Economics | ![]() | University of Hohenheim | [12] |
2004 | Alan G. MacDiarmid | Professor | Chemistry | ![]() | University of Pennsylvania | [4] |
2004 | Hans-Peter Liebig | Researcher | Agriculture | ![]() | University of Hohenheim | [13] |
2005 | Michael A. Price | Project Management Institute | [citation needed] | |||
2005 | Kishō Kurokawa | Architect | Design | ![]() | University of Tokyo | [citation needed] |
2006 | Sabriye Tenberken | Tibetologist | Sinology | ![]() | Braille Without Borders | [citation needed] |
2006 | Denis Simon | Professor | Technology | ![]() | [14] | |
2006 | Peter Abplanalp | Professor | Business | ![]() | University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland | [15] |
2007 | Majid Samii | Neurosurgeon | Medicine | ![]() | University of Mainz | [citation needed] |
2007 | Reinhart Kühne | Professor | Transportation | ![]() | [16] | |
2007 | Robert Fontaine | Physician | Epidemiology | ![]() | [17] | |
2008 | Werner Alpers | Professor | ![]() | Universität Hamburg | [18] | |
2008 | L. Reh | Professor | ![]() | ETH Zurich | [19] | |
2008 | John L. Thornton | Professor | Global Affairs | ![]() | Brookings Institution | [20] |
2008 | Scott Rozelle | Professor | Economics | ![]() | Stanford University | [21] |
2009 | Geert Roelens | Businessman | ![]() | Bekaert | [citation needed] | |
2009 | Pedro Nueno | Professor | ![]() | China Europe International Business School | [22] | |
2009 | Yevgeny Kaspersky | Executive | Information security | ![]() | Kaspersky Lab | [23] |
2009 | Kirby Jefferson | Executive | Computing | ![]() | Intel | [citation needed] |
2010 | Rolf Müller | Professor | ![]() | Virginia Tech | [24] | |
2010 | Airaldo Piva | Executive | Industry | ![]() | Hengdian Group Europe | [25] |
2010 | Christne O'Sullivan | Executive | ![]() | SGMW | [26] | |
2010 | Dustin Wilson | Sport | Olympic Coach | ![]() | Chinese Ski Association | [citation needed] |
2011 | Jeffrey S. Lehman | Educator | Education | ![]() | Cornell University | [27] |
2011 | Thomas W. Kensler | Professor | ![]() | University of Pittsburgh | [citation needed] | |
2012 | Hemmo Luijerink | Executive | Heavy Industry | ![]() | Fuwa Heavy Industry | [citation needed] |
2012 | Shin-ichi Kurokawa | Professor | Accelerator science | ![]() | KEK | [28] |
2012 | Bikram S. Gill | Director | Agriculture | ![]() | Kansas State University | [citation needed] |
2012 | Andreas DuBois | Expert | Renewable energy | ![]() | [29] | |
2012 | Bertram Brenig | Professor | Molecular Biology | ![]() | Universität Göttingen | [30] |
2012 | Colin Blakemore | Professor | Neuroscience | ![]() | University of Oxford | [31] |
2013 | Daniel Cohen-Or | Professor | Computer science | ![]() | Tel Aviv University | [citation needed] |
2014 | Branka Vucetic | Electrical engineer | Electrical engineering | ![]() | University of Sydney | [citation needed] |
2014 | Pericle Predielis | Expert | Agriculture | [citation needed] | ||
2014 | George Mills | Expert | Technology | ![]() | Drexel University | |
2014 | Edmund Phelps | Economist | ![]() | Columbia University | [citation needed] | |
2014 | Ruedi Nützi | Director | ![]() | University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland | [32] | |
2015 | Gerardo Dutto | Physicist | ![]() | TRIUMF | [citation needed] | |
2015 | Ravi Singh | Researcher | Agriculture | ![]() | International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center | [33] |
2016 | David Andrew Phoenix | Biochemist | Biochemistry | ![]() | London South Bank University | [citation needed] |
2016 | Wolfgang Kubin | Sinologist | Sinology | ![]() | University of Bonn | [citation needed] |
2016 | Katharina Kohse-Hoinghause | Material scientist | Material science | ![]() | [citation needed] | |
2016 | Peter Grünberg | Physicist | Physics | ![]() | Technische Universität Darmstadt | [34] |
2016 | John M. Gray CBE | Banker | Finance | ![]() | HSBC | [citation needed] |
2016 | John Hopcroft | Computer scientist | Computer Science | ![]() | Cornell University | [citation needed] |
2016 | Anna Allabert | Broadcaster | ![]() | [35] | ||
2016 | Okyay Kaynak | Professor | ![]() | Boğaziçi University | [citation needed] | |
2016 | Fredmund Malik | Economist | Economics | ![]() | University of St. Gallen | [36] |
2017 | Pierre J. Verlinden | Chief Scientist | Photovoltaics | Australia | Trina Solar | [37] |
2017 | Pedro Antonio Valdes-Sosa | Neuroscientist | ![]() | University of Electronic Science and Technology of China | [38] | |
2017 | Mike Wingfield | Professor | Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology | South Africa | University of Pretoria | [39][40] |
2018 | Enrico Gennaro | International Relations Expert | International Cooperation | ![]() | Accademia di Agricoltura di Torino | [41] |
2019 | Artem R. Oganov | Crystallographer | Crystallography | ![]() | Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology | [citation needed] |
2019 | James Heckman | Economist | Economics | ![]() | University of Chicago | [citation needed] |
2019 | Nils Christian Stenseth | Biologist | Biology | ![]() | University of Oslo | [42] |
2019 | Bernard Bigot | Physicist | Physics | ![]() | ITER | [citation needed] |
2021 | Hiria Ottino | Anthropologist | Anthropology | ![]() | PCFA | [citation needed] |
2022 | Roger Falconer | Professor | Water Engineering | ![]() | Cardiff University | [43] |
2024 | Yuri Gledenov | Professor | Nuclear Physics | ![]() | Joint Institute for Nuclear Research | [citation needed] |
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