{"id":94452,"date":"2022-11-23T15:30:04","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T14:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test2023.luxus-plus.com\/?p=94452"},"modified":"2022-11-23T16:30:32","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T15:30:32","slug":"blancpain-5th-edition-of-its-literary-prize-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/luxus-plus.com\/en\/blancpain-5th-edition-of-its-literary-prize-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Blancpain : 5th edition of its literary prize in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>The Swiss Manufacture Blancpain announced the winners of its writing competition organised with the Beijing-based publishing house Imaginist at the award ceremony on 9 November. They congratulated author Lin Zhao, who won first prize for his work Chao Xi Tu.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The fifth edition of the <strong>Blancpain-Imaginist<\/strong> writing competition, dedicated to promoting Chinese literature, was <strong>&#8220;From this moment on&#8221;<\/strong>. The five judges, <strong>Liang Yong&#8217;an, Lin Bai, Liu Zheng, Luo Xiang and David Der-wei Wang<\/strong>, deliberated after intense discussions on the day of the award. <strong>Jack Liao<\/strong>, <strong>Vice-President of Blancpain in China<\/strong> and member of the <strong>Executive Board of Swatch Group China<\/strong>, joined the jury to present the first prize to <strong>Lin Zhao<\/strong>. The prize was 300,000 yuan (USD 42,400) and a Blancpain timepiece from the Villeret collection.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>First prize winner <strong>Lin Zhao<\/strong> said: &#8220;<em>I would like to thank many people for giving me the opportunity to continue growing. \u00a0I would like to share the words of the famous Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes as a word of encouragement: before we can own the world, we must first own ourselves.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The five finalists, <strong>Guo Shuang, Huo Xiangjie, Lin Zhao, Wei Sixiao and Zhou Yuyang<\/strong> were all presented with <strong>the Young Friend of Blancpain<\/strong> award and a finalist certificate by <strong>Jack Liao<\/strong> and <strong>Imaginist<\/strong> founder<strong> Liu Ruilin<\/strong>. The other four finalists also received a <strong>20,000 yuan<\/strong> (USD 2,800) prize each, to support their creative efforts and encourage them to continue their work.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read also &gt;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/luxus-plus.com\/en\/the-geneva-watchmaking-grand-prix-flies-to-india\/\">The Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix flies to India<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Featured photo : \u00a9 Blancpain<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Swiss Manufacture Blancpain announced the winners of its writing competition organised with the Beijing-based publishing house Imaginist at the award ceremony on 9 November. 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