1. One Special Award (US$5,000 or equivalent value of equipment/travel service)

2. There are following awards for each category (News and Global Events, Society and Humanity, Nature and Landscapes):

3. All selected entries will be awarded a certificate of participation.

4. All selected entries will be exhibited at a photography exhibition to be held in New York City, USA.

Contents and Requirements

1. Categories:
   

   Category A: News and Global Events
   This category is for documentary and news-related photographs. The image must have meaning within the context of a recently published article or record of events. The image must be a fair and accurate representation of the event it depicts.

   Category B: Society and Humanity
   This category includes photographs focusing on human life and folk culture in its natural state, humor, people and animals, and people and the environment. Partial adjustment of the brightness and color variation of photos is allowed. Sharpening adjustments are allowed, but cannot reduce the photo’s natural effect.

   Category C: Nature and Landscapes
   The category includes photographs of any landscape or object in a natural state regardless of geographical location, weather or season, such as blizzards, rains, mists, sunrises, sunsets, flowers, trees, mountains, rivers, animals, plants, etc. Partial adjustment of the brightness and color variation of photos is allowed. Sharpening adjustments are allowed, but cannot reduce the photo’s natural effect.

2. Requirements:
   

   Submitted work cannot have been previously published nor received awards at any other photography competition.

   Each contestant can submit a maximum of three entries per category, not exceeding nine entries altogether.

   The overall theme of each entry is at the discretion of the photographer, however, the all photographs should be a realistic treatment of its subject(s) and strive to portray values such as compassion, harmony, and righteousness. Each work should be labeled with a theme or subject.

   For submissions to the News and Global Events category, please provide a brief introduction of the news and/or event related to the image.

   During the first stage of the selection process, the organization committee will inform applicants if they have been chosen to continue to the final round. Applicants who will be entering the final competition will be asked to submit high quality JPG format file as well as full-sized versions of their photographs (with the longest side being sixteen inches sharp). Submitted entries will not be returned to the applicants.

3. Format of entries:
   

   All entries should be in JPG format, and be uploaded to the designated website. If an extenuating circumstance prohibits you from uploading the file via the Internet, a DVD with the JPG files may be mailed. The size of the files must be between 500 KB and 4 MB. Entries that do not conform to these parameters will not be accepted.

   Each contestant can submit a maximum of three entries per category, not exceeding nine entries altogether.

   File Name: The name of the image files must be in English and follow the following pattern: [Country-City-Name-Category-Subject.jpg]
   Example: China-Beijing-WangWei-C-Lake.jpg

4. Eligibility:

   The Chinese International Photography Competition is meant to be a celebration of photography produced by those sharing a Chinese ancestry. If you believe you are at least part Chinese, you are encouraged to enter the contest.