Yao Ming, Yang Liwei among top ten young people of 2003
( 2003-11-28 16:45) (China Daily)
China's first astronaut Yang Liwei, Houston Rocket
Center Yao Ming and eight other outstanding young people were awarded the
title of China's top ten young people of 2003 here Thursday.
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Yao Ming, Chinese basketball star
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Yang Liwei, China's space
hero
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The ten, including a journalist, medical worker,
scientist, businessman and an official, were selected by a special committee
from among 47 candidates from across the country.
The
top ten youngsters of
2003 are (top L-R): China's space hero Yang Liwei, basketball star
Yao Ming, well-known journalist from CCTV Shui Junyi, a researcher on
epidemic disease from Guang Dong Military Hospital Chen Wei, and Zhang
Jihui, a nurse who work in the front line during SARS outbreak
in a Guangdong hospital; (below, L-R) president of a high-tech
company in Beijing Wang Weibin, party secretary of a Xinjiang villiage that
suffered from earthquake Zhu Zhunping, a disabled but strong-willed young man
from Yunnan Province He Zhigang, scientist Rong Yichao, and Gao Xiang
president of a pharmaceutical company in Harbin.
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The is the 14th appraisal of its kind in China, and was jointly organized by
the All-China Youth Federation, the China Youth Development Foundation and a
number of media organizations.
The awarding ceremony will be held in December, sources at the All-China
Youth Federation said.
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