The award ceremony of the 2009 University Cartoon Competition on Environmental Protection was held at China Daily building this morning.

Attending the event were Deputy Chief Editor of China Daily, Qu Yingpu, Chief Editor of China Daily’s website, Liu Weiling, Dermot O’Gorman, the Country Representative of WWF China Programme Office, and also John Mackinnon, the biodiversity expert.

The purpose of this competition was to publicize environmental protection, raise the awareness of environmental protection and allow the idea of environmental protection to penetrate into the hearts of people everywhere through the use of cartoons.

By collecting cartoons about environmental protection from students around the world, the contest popularizes an environmental conscience on campuses and creates awareness for the environmental problems around us.

Over 3,000 cartoon works entered the pool and the first prize was given to Wang Zhe for 'Give her some space and keep her away from slaughter'.

The competition focused on fostering college students’ interest in protecting the environment by creating a platform for communication. This competition was first held by China Daily in 2005 and has been successfully hosted yearly ever since. Hopefully, as more and more students join the environmental protection movement, their positive impact will give rise to a change in the public conscience and encourage citizens to care about all of their surroundings and demonstrate this conscientiousness through their contributions to environmental protection.

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