Published: 16:44, May 9, 2025 | Updated: 17:47, May 9, 2025
Scaling new heights in journalism
By Wang Zhan
Zhou Li (second row, center), deputy editor-in-chief of China Daily Group, publisher and editor-in-chief of China Daily Hong Kong, poses with award-winning journalists and management staff members during the Hong Kong News Awards 2024 ceremony in Hong Kong on May 9, 2025. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)
HONG KONG - China Daily Hong Kong secured 17 awards across nine categories - its best-ever performance in a single year - at the Hong Kong News Awards 2024 ceremony on Friday.
The honors included five championships and seven first runners-up, bringing the newspaper’s total since 2010 to 141. This achievement builds on its previous successes: 11 awards in 2024, eight in 2023, and 10 in 2022.
Organized by the Newspaper Society of Hong Kong, this year’s ceremony awarded 78 prizes across four categories — reporting, writing, photography, and design — from 639 submissions by 12 press organizations.
China Daily's photographer Edmond Tang took the photos of celebratory moments.
(From left) Reporters Atlas Shao, Amber Wu, Hu Qichen Oasis, Li Likui, William Xu and data analyst Dong Kai pose during the Hong Kong News Awards 2024 ceremony in Hong Kong on May 9, 2025. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)Reporter William Xu poses with his trophy during the Hong Kong News Awards 2024 ceremony in Hong Kong on May 9, 2025. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)Reporter Hu Qichen Oasis poses during the Hong Kong News Awards 2024 ceremony in Hong Kong on May 9, 2025. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)Reporter Atlas Shao poses for a photo during the Hong Kong News Awards 2024 ceremony in Hong Kong on May 9, 2025. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)Reporter Li Likui poses with her trophy during the Hong Kong News Awards 2024 ceremony in Hong Kong on May 9, 2025. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)(From left) New media reporters Xue Jingqi, Zheng Wanying and Liu Xiaohan pose for a photo during the Hong Kong News Awards 2024 ceremony in Hong Kong on May 9, 2025. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)New media reporter Liu Xiaohan poses with her trophy during the Hong Kong News Awards 2024 ceremony in Hong Kong on May 9, 2025. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)New media reporter Xue Jingqi poses with her trophy during the Hong Kong News Awards 2024 ceremony in Hong Kong on May 9, 2025. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)Graphic designer Mok Kwok-cheong poses for the camera during the Hong Kong News Awards 2024 ceremony in Hong Kong on May 9, 2025. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)Graphic designer Billy Wong poses with the trophies during the Hong Kong News Awards 2024 ceremony in Hong Kong on May 9, 2025. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)Photographer Andy Chong poses with his trophy during the Hong Kong News Awards 2024 ceremony in Hong Kong on May 9, 2025. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)Photographer Adam Lam poses with trophies during the Hong Kong News Awards 2024 ceremony in Hong Kong on May 9, 2025. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)Photographers Andy Chong (left) and Adam Lam pose for a photo during the Hong Kong News Awards 2024 ceremony in Hong Kong on May 9, 2025. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)Business news reporter Luo Weiteng poses with her trophies during the Hong Kong News Awards 2024 ceremony in Hong Kong on May 9, 2025. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)Culture news reporter Chitralekha Basu poses with her trophy during the Hong Kong News Awards 2024 ceremony in Hong Kong on May 9, 2025. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu delivers a speech during the Hong Kong News Awards 2024 ceremony in Hong Kong on May 9, 2025. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)Graphic designers Mok Kwok-cheong (third right) and Billy Wong (second right) receive awards during the Hong Kong News Awards 2024 ceremony in Hong Kong on May 9, 2025. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)Reporter Hu Qichen Oasis (center) and new media reporter Xue Jingqi (second left) receive awards during the Hong Kong News Awards 2024 ceremony in Hong Kong on May 9, 2025. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)New media reporter Liu Xiaohan (center) receives an award during the Hong Kong News Awards 2024 ceremony in Hong Kong on May 9, 2025. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)
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