Tribute to Chinese Role Models: "The World is Beautiful Because of You -2023-2024 Influential Chinese World Ceremony" is about to kick off


On June 28th, Guojiao 1573's "The World is Beautiful Because of You -2023-2024 Influential World Chinese Festival" will be held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The winners of the new "Influential World Chinese Award", "Influential World Chinese Lifetime Achievement Award", and "Influential World Chinese Special Tribute Award" will share their stories with global audiences and convey the glory of Chinese people in the presence of multiple Chinese language media and live audiences.


The "World is Beautiful Because of You - Influencing the World Chinese Festival" is initiated by Phoenix TV Group and multiple Chinese media organizations at home and abroad, jointly recommending and commending outstanding Chinese models who have achieved excellence in different fields and have global influence. Let the achievements of outstanding Chinese in various fields be carried forward and influenced by more newcomers.


Guojiao 1573 "The World is Beautiful Because of You -2023-2024 Impact on the World Chinese Festival" has been held for fifteen consecutive years since its opening in 2007. It has become an important brand event to enhance international communication and gather the power of Chinese people. This year is also the first time that the Chinese Festival has landed in Hong Kong. This grand ceremony is jointly initiated by Phoenix TV Group, China News Service, Hong Kong Dagong Wenhui Media Group, Ming Pao, Star Island Daily, Want Want China Times Media Group, Asia Weekly, European Times, International Daily, Australia China Television Media, Chinese Guide, Africa Times, South American Overseas Chinese Daily, Macao Broadcasting System, Macao Daily News, Hong Kong V and other influential Chinese media organizations at home and abroad. Phoenix TV, Phoenix Net, Phoenix Show and other events are jointly organized.


Over the course of 17 years, 158 outstanding Chinese elites from various fields, including Qian Xuesen, Rao Zongyi, I.M. Pei, Tu Youyou, Jin Yong, Yang Zhenning, Yuan Longping, Ang Lee, Zhang Yimou, Yao Ming, etc., have successively stepped onto the stage of the Chinese Grand Ceremony and received applause from Chinese people around the world. At this year's Chinese Grand Ceremony, Nobel Prize winner in Physics and experimental physicist Ding Zhaozhong, Chairman of Jiahua Group and Grand Bauhinia Medal winner Lv Zhihe, actress and writer Lin Qingxia, founder of XbotPark Robotics Base, founder and dean of Shenzhen Institute of Science and Technology, Professor Li Zexiang from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology's Lin Gao Lecture Hall, actor Tang Wei, and founder of Polar Museum Foundation Li Leshi will share the glorious moments of the Chinese Grand Ceremony with Chinese people around the world.



Nobel Prize winner in Physics and experimental physicist Ding Zhaozhong has been engaged in high-energy physics experiments for a long time, accurately testing quantum electrodynamics, quantum chromodynamics, and electroweak unified theory, searching for new particles and new physical phenomena, and achieving a series of significant results. Ding Zhaozhong was awarded the 1976 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of the J particle and is known as the "father of the J particle". He is also a member of the Academy of Sciences from 11 countries. Scientific research achievements include the discovery of anti deuterium nuclei in 1965, the discovery of the new substance J particle in 1974, the discovery of gluon jets in 1979, and the determination of only three generations of neutrino species in 1989.


Since 1994, Ding Zhaozhong has been leading the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment, a collaboration of 15 countries and the only precision physics probe on the International Space Station. It accurately measures the sources of cosmic rays and explores dark matter and antimatter. The results of this experiment have changed human understanding of the universe.



In 1929, Lv Zhihe was born in Jiangmen, Guangdong. From a young man born in troubled times to building a business empire with a net worth of billions. Dr. Lv Zhihe founded Jiahua Group in 1955 and has since developed into a multinational comprehensive enterprise, with investments covering major cities in mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau, Southeast Asia, and over 200 subsidiaries worldwide.


Along the way, he received a lot of help and also gave back to society to the greatest extent possible. After the reform and opening up, he was one of the first Hong Kong businessmen to invest in mainland China, establish schools, and support national education and scientific research. In 2015, he founded the "Lv Zhihe Award - World Civilization Award" to recognize individuals or groups who have made outstanding contributions in promoting sustainable development of world resources, improving human well-being, advocating a positive outlook on life, and enhancing positive energy to inspire people. The first phase invested HKD 2 billion. Previous winners include Yuan Longping, the "father of hybrid rice", Xie Zhenhua, who has made significant contributions to climate change prevention, Fan Jinshi, an archaeologist who sticks to the the Mogao Grottoes of Dunhuang, and so on. High value prizes have also been invested in their industries to jointly promote the development of world civilization.



Ms. Lin Qingxia is a well-known actress in the Chinese language film industry, highly acclaimed in the film industry for her outstanding works, and has become a legendary figure in the hearts of audiences in Greater China and around the world for several generations. Qiong Yao once said that there is no other person who can be as beautiful as Lin Qingxia; Tsui Hark praised her as a beauty who only appears once every fifty years; Mr. Jin Yong even praised the beauty of Lin Qingxia, which has been unparalleled for hundreds of years. In her 22 year career in the entertainment industry, she has portrayed numerous classic roles and her position in the Chinese film industry has remained timeless and irreplaceable.


Lin Qingxia's literary performance is equally outstanding. In memory of Huang Qian, she published her debut work 'A Smile in the Sea', marking the beginning of her writing career. Up to now, she has published "Inside and Outside the Window", "Clouds Go and Come", "Before and After the Mirror", and "Qingxia Sketch". Readers share the same joys and sorrows with her through the article, as if they were in a real scene. On the stage built by square characters, a spiritual energy flowing Lin Qingxia appears. Among them, "Before and After the Mirror" won the recommendation award in the prose category of the Hong Kong Chinese Literature Biennial Award. In 2023, Lin Qingxia was awarded an honorary doctorate in social sciences by the University of Hong Kong. Lin Qingxia is also enthusiastic about public welfare. In recent years, she has spared no effort to promote attention to dementia and has served as an ambassador and sponsor for the "Brain Intelligence Care" program.



Li Zexiang, founder of XbotPark Robotics Base, founder and dean of Shenzhen University of Science and Technology Innovation, and Lin Gao Lecture Chair Professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Professor Li Zexiang is mainly engaged in research in the fields of robotics, motion control, mechanism science, and manufacturing science. He has published more than 200 papers and 4 monographs, and established the important academic field of motion planning for robots under nonholonomic constraints. He has established science and technology innovation bases in the Greater Bay Area and multiple cities in China, trained students to incubate and founded over 140 hard tech companies, including one listed company and six unicorn companies with valuations exceeding $1 billion.


Professor Li Zexiang's contribution lies in his cultivation and motivation of the younger generation of technological talents, providing them with valuable opportunities and platforms to transform their ideas into products and services. The transformation of technological achievements promoted by him has injected strong impetus into the development of the industry. He advocates the concept of new engineering education, encourages students to form a problem awareness guided by product and market demand, and possesses the ability to learn across disciplines and specialties.



As an actress, Tang Wei experiences different worlds with each character and influences the world in her own way. She became the first foreign actress in South Korean history to win the Best Actress award for her role in the movie "Late Autumn". She has starred in multiple films such as "Beijing Meets Seattle", "Golden Age", and "Decision to Break Up". Among them, "Beijing Meets Seattle" broke the box office record for Chinese romantic films at that time. She also won the Korean Blue Dragon Film Award, Best Actress at the Baeksang Arts Awards, and achieved a grand slam in three Korean film awards for her performance in "Decision to Break Up". These works also showcase Tang Wei's diversity in performance.


Tang Wei's beauty has a sense of power, and people can always see a sense of lightness in her. Both inside and outside of the play, she lives seriously and persists in her passion. She once said that she didn't want to be a celebrity, she just wanted to be a good actress and speak with her abilities.



Li Leshi is the first Hong Kong female explorer in history to set foot on the three poles of the Earth. She has set foot on the North Pole 10 times, the South Pole 6 times, and climbed Mount Everest 4 times, making outstanding contributions to polar exploration. At the age of 30, she traveled around the world alone and began exploring and researching the North and South Poles in the 1980s. She personally experienced the environmental degradation of the polar regions and Mount Everest, and then devoted herself to environmental protection and public welfare, creating polar museums, and spreading sustainable development experience. In 1997, Li Leshi founded the Polar Museum Fund, which aims to promote polar scientific research and environmental protection work. At the same time, Dr. Li held various positions such as Executive Director of the China Association for Scientific Exploration, and was awarded the title of University Academician by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2009 and the Honorary Academician by the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2013.


In 2023, Li Leshi became an expert consultant for the large-scale cultural public welfare project "Hong Kong Natural Stories" of Phoenix TV Group. The project is based in Hong Kong and has a global perspective, spreading the ecological concept of sustainable development to every corner of the world.


On June 28th, Guojiao 1573's "The World is Beautiful Because of You -2023-2024 Influential World Chinese Festival" will be held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. At that time, the winners will share their experiences and insights with global audiences in the presence of multiple Chinese language media and live audiences, and share glory with Chinese people around the world.


The event will be broadcast live to the global Chinese through Phoenix Show and Feng Live. The official strategic cooperation platform Sina Weibo, the official short video cooperation platform Tiktok, as well as China Mobile UTV, Chinese headlines, and Australia Impression will also broadcast the event live throughout the whole process. The event will also be broadcast simultaneously on multiple platforms through the official accounts of Phoenix Satellite Television Group at home and abroad.


Source: Phoenix TV