Works on expressway, power workers win 1st prize in LMC contest

A photo entry on the Vientiane-Vang Vieng expressway and a video work on the Chinese power workers in the Mekong countries have won the first prize in the “Green River, Great Dream” Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) Photography and Short Video Contest, according to a prize winners’ list released on May 30, during the ongoing “One River, One Family” International Cultural Exchange Series in Kunming.

"The contributed works in the contest are mostly positive and vigorous ones. Created from different perspectives and involving diverse expressive techniques, the awarded works reflect the contributors' thinking and understanding to green development under the LMC," said Tao Yun, chairman of Yunnan Folklore Photography Association.

A first-prize winning photo.

The contest is jointly held by the Yunnan International Communication Center for South and Southeast Asia and the Yunnan International Company of China Southern Power Grid (CSGYNIC). By April 30, it received 1,124 photos and 241 short videos, from which 6 second-prize winning works, 10 third-prize winners and 20 excellent prizes were also selected.

Stressing the LMC new trends in green development, environmental governance and low-carbon practices, as well as the fruitful results of the cooperation mechanism, the contest mirrors the role played by young people in the LMC, shows the happy life of the LMC folks, and tells the CSGYNIC connective roles in green growth in the region.

A first-prize winning photo.

Reporting by Chen Chen and Yao Cheng Cheng (Yunnan Daily); Trans-editing by Wang Shixue