Last night, CCTV channel one broadcast the award ceremony of the 2008 Touching China figures. The annual special prize of the award ceremony broke the convention and was awarded to all Chinese people.
"In 2008, China has experienced too many sorrows and joys. In the events such as resisting snowstorms, earthquake relief, hosting the Olympic Games, and the Shenzhou VII astronauts' spacewalk, the Chinese people demonstrated the amazing national strength to the world with their tenacity, bravery, and wisdom," the organizing committee of the award mentioned in the citation.