The 2008 “Zhonghai Cup” photography competition, with its theme of “Beijing traffic”, is run by the China Daily, Beijing Traffic Management Bureau, Beijing Photographers Association and Beijing Zhonghai Real Estate. The competition started on August 19 and the deadline for entries is September 30.
Content:
Each contestant is invited to submit a single photo, or series of photos, depicting the work and life of traffic police during the Olympics. Possible themes include traffic police on duty and on patrols in Beijing; vehicles around the stadiums; any traffic management situation; people on their travels; Olympic lanes and street scenes etc.

Request:
The content of submitted works should be positive. There is no restriction on the form, style and amount of photos that can be submitted. Digital photographs should be in JPG format and the minimum size of each image is 3mb. Printed photos should be 5 to 10 inches high.

Submitting photos:
(1) Foreign photographers can email their entries to: appc@chinadaily.net.cn
(2) Domestic photographers can post samples (10-inch) to the Beijing Photographers Association.
Address: Room 16, No.7 West Chang’an Avenue, Beijing
Postal Code: 100031.
Tel: 66011145; 66035906
Contestants whose works are selected will be asked to send a CD of their work.

Prizes:

Professional group (Chinese and foreign photographers)

2 first prizes: RMB8,000 and a cup for each photographer;
6 second prizes: RMB5,000 and a cup for each photographer;
10 third prizes: RMB2,000 and a cup for each photographer;
20 excellence awards: RMB500 and a certificate for each photographer;
40 encouragement awards: RMB200 and a certificate for each photographer.

Amateur group (Beijing traffic police)

2 first prizes: RMB 3,000 and a cup for each photographer;
6 second prizes: RMB 1,000 and a cup for each photographer;
10 first prizes: RMB 500 and a cup for each photographer;
20 excellence awards: RMB 300 and a certificate for each photographer;
40 encourage awards: RMB 200 and a certificate for each photographer.

Terms and conditions::
(1) Selected photographers must present their work on time. Those who do not will be deemed to have surrendered their right to win the competition.
(2) The sponsor has the right to use or publish all the contributions; use of the chosen winning works will not entitle the photographer to ANY further payments.
(3) Photographers are responsible for all legal issues relating to their entries, for instance the use of someone’s portrait.
(4) Selected photos can NOT be withdrawn. Photos that are not selected must be reclaimed by December 2008 or the sponsor has the right to keep them.

At the request of readers and participants, the organizing committee of the the 2nd Press Photo Contest, on the principle of just, fair and open and with the objective of promoting Asia and serving the world through press photos, has decided to change the previously closed-door judging to an open one in a forum fashion. Time: From 14:00 to 18:00, May 31, 2007.

Readers and photographers who plan to view the judging sessions of the press photo contest, please call to apply for an entry. Telephone: 010-64918636.

The organizing committee will, due to accommodation limits, inform the first 50 applicants in time order to attend the judging sessions. The organizing committee will hand out photo publications, commemorative shirts and other souvenirs to each attendant.

As you are ready to press the shutters for the first day of the New Year, I, on behalf of the staff of China Daily and in my own name, would love to express my sincere gratitude to tens of thousands of photographers for their enduring and consistent support and help in the cause of China Daily press photography.

In December 2006, as the New Year approaches, we have just inspected and honored the www.asianewsphoto.com, which was founded and put into trial operation in the beginning of this year. The event marks the sucessful upgrade of www.newsphoto.com.cn to www.asianewsphoto.com by the Asia News Network, a network of national daily newspapers in Asia. The event also marks a new starting point for the photographers from home and abroad to welcome the revamp of China’s only English newspaper China Daily in January 2007, from the current 16 pages to 24, the largest in scale since its founding 25 years ago.

In the information era, the Internet technologies have enabled us to feast on their conveniences, while they also bring upon many challenges that we are unable to fend off. China Daily, with a view to build a large-scale selecting and editing mechanism by adopting an honest, truth-seeking and precise working style, stands ready to cooperate with our friends from all circles to set up a bridge for communications within the circles and with foreign friends, in a bid to strengthen the news features, timeliness, visual effects and interactions of the newspaper and press photos, and provide a better service for the photojournalists and the media.

The New Year is around the corner, let me end by wishing all of you a happy New Year, good health, and more and better press photos in the New Year!


Zhu Ling
Editor-in-Chief
China Daily

With the choice of the hosting organizations, the judging place of 3rd CHIPP Contest will be in Qingpu District of Shanghai next March. The judging will take place from March 20 to March 26, 2007. The price granting ceremony will be held in mid-May of 2007.

The motto of the 3rd CHIPP Contest will again be “ Peace and Development “. And also the contest will emphasis five advanced concepts, the widest journalistic view, the sharpest eyes, the highest photographic skills, the fastest objective reflection and strongest visual impact.

CHIPP Organizing Committee will invite 13 jury members composed of photo editors, photographers, photo critics and journalists worldwide to make the judging process fair and prestigious.

Being a responsible and serious international press photo contest, the CHIPP now sets up motto: fight with fake photos.

The 3rd CHIPP will take some measures in preventing fake photos entering the contest. For example, all the entries must have been published in the year of 2006 and once there are over 2/3 of all the jury members think a photo is fake, they will disqualify the entry(ies).

Compared to previous, the 3rd CHIPP Contest is more internationalize and normalize. The CHIPP Organizing Committee warmly welcome journalists from all over the world to submit their photojournalistic works taken in 2006 to participate the CHIPP contest, to show their efforts in pushing the world photojournalism forward.

Dear clients,
Asianewsphoto.com will upgrade at 12:00pm. to 24:00pm. on July 3, 2006. During this time, the webiste will not be viewed normally. We are sorry for all inconveniences we bring to you. Any need, please contact us at 0086-10-64918636.

Thanks a lot.

The Asia News Photo Website (www.asianewsphoto.com), operated by China Daily on behalf of Asia News Network, will have a soft launch on March 1, 2006.

The website features pictures from Asia, which will mainly be contributed by ANN members.

The website specially seeks contributions from freelance professionals as well as organizations in Asia.

The photo service will span the whole spectrum – from news, features and events to fashion, the environment and sports.

We hope to provide the best possible professional service to the global media as well as being an outlet to photographers in Asia.

If you have any questions or advise, please send us an email at editor@asianewsphoto.com or call us on 0086-10-64918636.

Thanks for your support!