Published: 21:10, December 4, 2023 | Updated: 21:52, December 4, 2023
Nurturing young journalists
By Wang Zhan

Guest and students pose for a group photo during the 2023 Campus News Awards presentation ceremony at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Guangzhou on Dec 4, 2023. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)

Marking its 12th anniversary, the 2023 Campus News Awards was held Monday in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, gathering over 100 outstanding student reporters from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and the Chinese mainland.

China Daily Hong Kong established the awards in 2012 to encourage college students to actively participate in campus news reporting and hone their all-round skills as future journalists.

This year saw over 1,000 entries produced by more than 3,600 students in 84 colleges, the highest level of participation yet since 2012.

Eric Chan Kwok-ki, Chief Secretary for Administration of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government, gives a speech in a video message during the 2023 Campus News Awards presentation ceremony at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Guangzhou on Dec 4, 2023. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)

Zhou Li, deputy editor-in-chief of China Daily Group and editor-in-chief of China Daily Hong Kong Edition, delivers a speech during the 2023 Campus News Awards presentation ceremony at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Guangzhou on Dec 4, 2023. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)

Lionel Ni (left), President of HKUST (GZ), and Zhou Li (right), deputy editor-in-chief of China Daily Group and editor-in-chief of China Daily Hong Kong Edition, award one of the winners during the 2023 Campus News Awards presentation ceremony at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Guangzhou on Dec 4, 2023. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)

Fok Chun-wan (second left), Chief Executive of the Fok Ying Tung Foundation, awards one of the winners during the 2023 Campus News Awards presentation ceremony at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Guangzhou on Dec 4, 2023. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)

Lionel M. Ni, President of HKUST (GZ), delivers a speech during the 2023 Campus News Awards presentation ceremony at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Guangzhou on Dec 4, 2023. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)

One of the winners poses for a photo with her work during the 2023 Campus News Awards presentation ceremony at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Guangzhou on Dec 4, 2023. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)

Some of the winners pose for a photo with their work during the 2023 Campus News Awards presentation ceremony at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Guangzhou on Dec 4, 2023. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)

Fok Chun-wan (second right), Chief Executive of the Fok Ying Tung Foundation, and Zhou Li (third right), deputy editor-in-chief of China Daily Group and editor-in-chief of China Daily Hong Kong Edition, visit the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Guangzhou on Dec 4, 2023. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)

Winners at the 2023 Campus News Awards pose for photo after the awarding ceremony at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) on Dec 4, 2023. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)

One of the winners at the 2023 Campus News Awards poses for photo after the awarding ceremony at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) on Dec 4, 2023. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)

(From left to right) Zhou Li, deputy editor-in-chief of China Daily Group and editor-in-chief of China Daily Hong Kong Edition; Lionel M. Ni, President of HKUST (GZ); Fok Chun-wan, Chief Executive of the Fok Ying Tung Foundation, pose with a guest at the 2023 Campus News Awards presentation ceremony held at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Guangzhou on Dec 4, 2023. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)

Guest and students pose for a group photo at the 2023 Campus News Awards presentation ceremony held at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Guangzhou on Dec 4, 2023. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)