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China applies to UN for Confucius Prize
www.chinanews.cn 2005-09-29 13:39:01
Chinanews, Sept. 28 - Today is the 2556th birthday of Confucius, great
ancient Chinese thinker, statesman, educator, and founder of
Confucianism. Memorial ceremonies for Confucius are being held throughout
the world. Sources from Confucius's birthplace Shandong's Qufu City said
that the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO) is expected to set up "Confucius Prize," which will be the first
international top-class prize named after a Chinese.
"Provided everything goes smoothly, the application will be approved
within the next two years," said Zhang Mingzhe, deputy director of the
International Communication Office of the Publicity Department of Qufu
Municipal Committee of CPC, yesterday.
The memorial ceremony for Confucius to be held today will further boost
the establishment of Confucius Prize, which aims to award people who have
made remarkable contributions to education, culture and philosophy. The
prize will be awarded once a year and emphasize on one theme ever year.
The reigning winner or the winner's representative can go to Qufu to
attend the international conference relating to the theme for the year on
Sept. 28 (Confucius's birthday). The organizing committee of the
Confucius Festival will invite successful people of all walks of life in
the whole world to recommend their teachers who have imposed profound
influence in their lives.
The Confucius Prize will initially apply for about US$150,000 funds that
will be offered by Shandong Tourism Administration. Qufu Municipal
Government promised to the UNESCO to provide US$150,000 fund each year.
"The Confucius Prize will have great meaning to China, like the Nobel
Prize to Sweden," said Qi Jingjiang, director of the academic research
department of Qufu Confucius Research Institute.
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