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Chinese entrepreneur receives 2011 Right Livelihood Award

China.org.cn, December 6, 2011

• Huang Ming [File photo]

  Chinese solar-power entrepreneur Huang Ming was given the 2011 Right Livelihood Award, also known as Alternative Nobel Prize, Monday in the Parliament of Sweden.

  Huang Ming (China) receives the 2011 Honorary Award "for his outstanding success in the development and mass-deployment of cutting-edge technologies for harnessing solar energy, thereby showing how dynamic emerging economies can contribute to resolving the global crisis of anthropogenic climate change," according to the Award jury.

  The first Chinese citizen to receive the prize, Huang founded his company Himin Solar in 1995 and has been a pioneer in the field of solar energy.

  The Solar Valley in Dezhou Huang set up as a national and global example for solar as a realistic alternative to fossil and nuclear energy and rising CO2 emissions is one of the world’s largest solar city development projects. It includes three vacuum tube factories, three water heater factories, an office and hotel complex, a solar university, a sports and entertainment complex, parks and apartments.

  The Solar Valley is meant to bring together developers, city planners, school directors, hospital directors, and to set a nation-wide and global example of solar power as a viable solution. It receives 1500-4000 visitors a day. Thanks to the Solar Valley, Dezhou City has won the accolade of China Solar City.

  "In the past ten years, China has become the biggest producer and market of solar energy products, around 250 million Chinese begin to use solar energy, forty percent of them are farmers," Huang said at the ceremony.

  "The award shows the world's confidence in China and the Chinese people. It is just the beginning for us to build a sustainable world, the whole world has realized that the future relies on ourselves," said Huang at a press conference earlier Monday.

  "This year, we are further elaborating on the concept of micro emissions. It is an entire set of solutions for a plan to obtain micro emissions, integrating all mature technologies available in clean energy," said Huang.

  Founded in 1980, the Right Livelihood Awards are presented annually to honor and support those offering practical and exemplary answers to the most urgent challenges facing us today.

  The three other laureates this year are Jacqueline Moudeina from Chad, international organization GRAIN and Ina May Gaskin from the United States.

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