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(China Daily)
Updated: 2010-12-29 07:53

An Expo through the lens

More than 40,000 photographs from home and abroad vied for top honors at the Shanghai Expo in the Eyes of Chinese Photography contest.

The awards ceremony, hosted by China News Service and Global Chinese Media Cooperation Union, and sponsored by Hengyuanxiang Group, was held on Wednesday.

The 43,514 photos received over six months came from all walks of life, and attracted online votes of 5,019,052.

Seventeen groups of photos shared the four awards (the special award, and the first, second and third prize) in two categories: expressions of the city and expressions of the Expo.

Every Morning (pictured) by Yang Jian, that captured scenes of daily exercise, got the Special Award.

CCTV 9 Documentary launch

China Central Television (CCTV) will launch a special documentary channel with worldwide coverage on Jan 1.

Called CCTV 9 Documentary, the 24-hour programming will cover nature, history and society. Highlights include the screening of a foreign documentary at 9 pm and the premiere of a local or CCTV-made one at 10 pm.

The program for January includes Wild China, a six-episode documentary jointly produced by CCTV and BBC, on the nation's diverse landscape; When the Louvre Meets the Forbidden City, on the collision of art and philosophy when East meets West; and The Rise and Fall of Empires, on the economies of the Qin (221-206 BC) and Han (206 BC-AD 220) dynasties.

Art scholarships

Twenty college students from across the nation have became first recipients of an art scholarship of 10,000 yuan ($1,490) each.

The scholarship is funded by China Guardian, the country's art auction titan, and named after Xu Bangda, 99, an authority on Chinese painting and calligraphy who has been engaged in art appraisal for decades. It is aimed at rewarding excellence in museology, archaeology and fine arts and promoting higher education in these majors.

Chen Dongsheng, founder of Guardian, said he hoped the scholarship would encourage more students to inherit the mantle of Xu's devotion and professionalism.

Institute to study religion

Beijing Normal University inaugurated the Institute for Advanced Study of the Humanities and Religion on Monday.

Its aim is to facilitate the participation of international scholars, establish a platform for dialogue between different cultures and beliefs, and contribute to world peace and harmony.

Institute director Xu Jialu said the institute would publish an academic journal, Chinese Classics, and develop a website to disseminate timely information.

A two-day forum following the inauguration saw six keynote speeches by scholars and Buddhist and Taoist masters from the Chinese mainland, Taiwan, and the United States.