The online awards ceremony of the "Center for International Exchanges in Pictures" Photo Festival organized by the Beijing Foreign Affairs Office took place on the afternoon of November 30. Thirty works won Excellence Award.
As an important event to promote the achievements of Beijing in strengthening its role as the center for international exchanges in 2022, the "Center for International Exchanges in Pictures" Photo Festival was designed to record and present the stories behind Beijing's efforts to improve its role as the center for international exchanges through photos, and promote Beijing as an international metropolis. Photographers were invited to visit and take pictures of the Yanqi Lake International Convention Center, the Beijing Expo Park, and the Yanqing Olympic Zone, as well as key construction projects in the international exchange functional zones, to capture the city's changes and development with their cameras.
The event, launched in August, has attracted photography enthusiasts from all walks of life, including owners and constructors of key projects of the center for international exchanges, such as Beijing Enterprises Group Company Limited, Beijing North Star Industrial Group Limited Liabilities Company, and Beijing Investment Group Co., Ltd., personnel who have worked to support major state events, volunteers, and foreigners in Beijing. A total of over 1,800 pieces (sets) of works from nearly 200 institutions and individuals were submitted by the deadline of submission, which covered key projects, and important moments and stages in the process of improving Beijing's role as the center for international exchanges. The submitted works, some recording the construction of major projects and some capturing the moments special to the photographer, were of a high standard in both their subjects and techniques. They have vividly shown what Beijing has achieved in building itself as the international exchange center, as well as the highlights and the warm stories during major state events and international exchange activities.
Collection of 30 award-winning works
Thirty pieces (sets) of excellent entries were selected as excellent works and seven institutions were given the "Outstanding Organization Award" after the preliminary screening by the organizing committee and review by experts. The certificates will be mailed to the awardees. The winning works will be displayed on various platforms.
Winners List
Excellent Works
Outstanding Organizations
The host, the organizer, and representatives of the photographers, winners of the Outstanding Organization Award and the Excellence Award attended and addressed the awards ceremony.
Fu Yu (representative of the winners): By capturing the progress of major projects in Beijing with my camera, I have witnessed the changes in the city. The Beijing Daxing International Airport, the Universal Studios Beijing, and the nightlife in Sanlitun..., a few shots are far from presenting all the achievements of Beijing as the center for international exchanges, but I will keep on recording the story of the city with my camera.
Sang Yi (representative of photographers): Having experienced its rapid and substantial shifts, I am deeply impressed by the journey that Beijing has taken as the center for international exchanges. The foreign media and colleagues I meet are also very interested in shooting these changes. It is a great honor to be able to capture them through my lens.
Li Jiwei, head of the Publicity Department of the Party Committee of Beijing North Star Industrial Group LLC (representative of the winners of the Outstanding Organization Award): Most of the entries from our group are about the primary-level exhibition venues, and the photographers are our ordinary workers. They press the shutter during their work breaks to record not only the wonderful scenes of the center for international exchanges but also the journey they have traveled.
