The selection through public appraisal of the 7th Golden Statue
Award for China Photography was held in Beijing recently. After
hard comparison of the pros and cons, five photographers of the PLA
won the award.
They are Wang Chuanshun, Sun Jupu and Tian Jieyan, winners of
the Creation Award, Liu Tiesheng, winner of the Theory Comment
Award, and Xian Yunqiang, winner of the Book Award, of whom, Liu
Tiesheng and Wang Chuanshun are reporters of the PLA
Daily.
The Golden Statue Award for China Photography represents the top
most national individual achievement in the field of photography
arts, and is approved by the Publicity Department of the Central
Committee of the CPC and jointly sponsored by the China Federation
of Literary and Art Circles and the Chinese Photographers
Association.
This year, the PLA outnumbered the previous years in terms of
the winners of the award.
(Xinhua News Agency September 14, 2007)