About
- Chinese：中國民主教育基金會
- Name：Chinese Democratic Education Foundation
- Purpose: The Foundation sets up prizes to reward the following activities that promote the prosperity and progress of Chinese society.
- A: Persons or activities that have made outstanding contributions to promoting democracy and the rule of law in China and safeguarding human rights and freedom.
- B: Various seminars with educational significance for promoting democracy and the rule of law in China and safeguarding human rights and freedom.(A activity is held once a year, and B will try to do as much as possible depending on the funding and manpower conditions)
- Organization:
The Foundation is registered in California and is a permanent non-profit organization. Select a number of enthusiastic people from all walks of life to form a council to be responsible for the fundraising, custody and use of the fund. The council has one president, one for documents, one for fundraising, one for finance and one for awards. All directors are voluntary. The council is solely responsible for the execution of the foundation’s work in accordance with the articles of association. In addition, a number of people who care about China’s democracy and rule of law and are well-regarded should be hired as selection committee members to direct the association’s conference affairs and selection work. - Use and custody of the fund:
The use of the fund shall be strictly implemented in accordance with the purpose of the foundation. All donations are deposited in a special bank account. All income and expenses are disclosed, and donations can be tax deductible (Tax Deductible)
We welcome people from all walks of life to make donations and participate in the work of the council, please contact us.
- contact us:
- email: cdefinfo@gmail.com
- Tel: (650) 460-8964 (International calls: 01-650-460-8964)
- Address: China Democracy Education Foundation, 26720 Patrick AVE, Hayward CA 94544, USA
council
方政
Zheng Fang
封從德
Congde Feng
Council and Foundation Board
| 方政 | Zheng Fang |
| 蔣亨蘭 | Grace Wong |
| 林牧晨 | Mu Chen Lin |
| 江波 | Paul Kong |
| 張志強 | Charles Cheung |
| 封從德 | Congde Feng |
| 何慧 | Freeman Ho |
| 賈育台 | Yu-Tai Chia |
| 成妮燕 | Anna Ching |
| 成佳燕 | Mary Ching |
| 任松林 | George Ren |
| 趙昕 | Xin Zhao |
| 林劲鹏 | Jingpeng Lin |
| 成秋波 | Qiubo Cheng |
| 鄭雲 | Yun Zheng |
| 李亞恬 | Sveta Lee |
| 陳闖創 | Chuangchuang Chen |
| 李向陽 | Xiangyang Li |
| 趙常青 | Changqing Zhao |
Former Council Member for Lifetime Achievement
| 黃雨川 | Frank K. Wong | 發起人，前會長（已故） |
| 馬良駿 | Anthony Ma | 前副會長（已故） |
| 孫魯正 | Jerry Sung | 發起人之一 |
| 成其林 | Qilin Chen | 前理事（已故） |
| 葉國榮 | Guorong Ye | 前理事（已故） |
Team and Volunteers
Zheng Fang
Chairman
Congde Feng
Head of Network Technology
Yun Zheng
Project Director
George Ren
Software Engineer
staff and volunteers
| 方政 | Zheng Fang | Chairman |
| 林牧晨 | Mu Chen Lin | Secretary |
| 江波 | Paul Kong | Cashier, Financial manager |
| 張志強 | Charles Cheung | Accounting manager |
| 丁毅 | Yi Ding | Director of public affairs |
| 賈育台 | Yu-Tai Chia | Head of committee of the judges, Head of public welfare affairs |
| 封从德 | Congde Feng | Head of Network Technology |
| 任松林 | George Ren | Software engineer |
| 韋旭光 | Xuguang Wei | Network engineer |
| 林勁鵬 | Jingpeng Lin | Head of Internal Communications |
| 何慧 | Freeman Ho | photographer, producer |
| 成妮燕 | Anna Ching | Event project manager |
| 成佳燕 | Mery Ching | Event project manager |
| 肖國珍 | Guozhen Xiao | Consultant on Human Rights and Legal Issues in China |
| 李亞恬 | Sveta Lee | Assistant President, Foundation Spokesperson |
| 張揚 | Yang Zhang | Assistant President, Website Management |
| 顾卫国 | Steven Gu | Director of International Affairs |
| 胡金煒 | Jinwei Hu | Public affairs specialist |
| 李德鑫 | Dexin Li | Social media host |
| 鄭雲 | Yun Zheng | Project Director |
| 方靚 | Liang Fang | Website text editor |
Past presidents
| 黃雨川 | Frank K. Wong | originator, deceased |
| 林牧晨 | Mu Chen Lin | |
| 周峰鎖 | Fengsuo Zhou | |
| 蔣亨蘭 | Grace Wong | |
| 馬良駿 | Anthony Ma | deceased |
| 賈育台 | Yu-Tai Cha | |
| 何惠 | Freeman Ho | |
| 杜维新 | Weixin Tu |
Distinguished Person for Advancing Democracy in China Award
Distinguished Person for Advancing Democracy in China Award:
– An annual international award in recognition of individuals and/or organizations have outstanding contributions of promoting the prosperity and progress of Chinese society for democracy, freedom and human rights, including cash bonus and metal.
Nominations:
The nomination is open to public. The nominee list is collected by the CDEF board from over 1000 individuals of all over the world. These individuals are often Chinese social workers and activists.
Selection:
Reflecting the public nomination, the CDEF board then prepares a report and the list of preliminary candidates to the advisory committee. The final winners are selected directly from the vote of advisory committee. The individuals of the advisory committee are experts, academics, researchers and lawyers with high reputation in general public, along with the former prize owners. The CDEF board members do not have the selection voting rights.
Award Ceremony:
The winner of the prize is announced before the ceremony and presented in media. The ceremony is held in San Francisco bay area and open to pubic. Along with the ceremony, a recipient’s lecture and Chinese democracy conference are presented as well.
Prize Selection Committee
~ The Prize Selection Committee is composed of prestigious experts and scholars from all walks of life (the list includes emeritus members).
| Professor at Harvard University | 王德威博士 | Prof. David Wang |
| Chair Professor at Princeton University | 余英時博士 | Prof. Ying-Shih Yu |
| Professor at the University of Maryland | 丘宏達博士 | Prof. Hungdah Chiu |
| Professor at University of Chicago | 余國藩博士 | Prof. Anthony Yu |
| Apple Daily columnist | 李怡 | Lee Yee |
| Famous expert on China issues, professor at the University of California, former Princeton professor | 林培瑞博士 | Prof. Perry Link |
| Professor at University of Wisconsin | 林毓生博士 | Prof. Yu-Sheng Lin |
| Judge for the Nobel Prize in Literature, Academician of the Royal Swedish Academy | 馬悅然博士 | Prof. Nils Göran David Malmqvist |
| Retired Professor of The Chinese University of Hong Kong | 孫國棟博士 | Prof. Kou-Tung Sun |
| President of American International University | 陳樹柏博士 | Prof. Shu-Park Chan |
| Professor at University of San Francisco | 程萬里博士 | Prof. Wan-Lee Cheng |
| Professor at Southwestern University | 楊力宇博士 | Prof. Winston L.Yang |
| Academician of Academia Sinica, Taiwan | 楊國樞博士 | Prof. Kao-Shu Yang |
| Founder of Taiwan Consumer Culture and Education Foundation | 柴松林博士 | Prof. Sun-Lin |
| Professor at Columbia University | 黎安友博士 | Prof. Andrew Nathan |
| Professor at University of California | 黎成信博士 | Prof. George Lee |
| International PEN members | 叢蘇 | Dorothea Tsung |
| Director, East Asian Institute, Harvard University, Chair Professor | 杜維明博士 | Prof. Weiming Tu |
| Professor at University of Richmond | 王惟正博士 | Prof. Weizheng Wang |
| Famous writer, historian, editor-in-chief of Huang Huagang Magazine | 辛灝年 | Haonian Xin |
| Member of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | 何俊仁 | HO Chun Yan，Albert |
| Famous political scientist, former director of the Institute of Political Science of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences | 嚴家其 | Jiaqi Yan |
| Researcher at Lorenz Laboratory, Berkeley, USA, editorial board member of Huang Huagang Magazine | 余健文博士 | Dr. Kin Man Yu |
| Famous journalist, editor-in-chief of Trend Magazine | 張偉國 | Weiguo Zhang |
| Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University | 陳博中博士 | Prof. Chen Bozhong |
| Researcher at the Cato Institute, USA, Former Professor of Economics at Peking University | 夏業良博士 | Prof. Yeling Xia |
| Professor of Political Science, City University of New York Graduate Center and Staten Island College | 夏明博士 | Prof. Ming Xia |
| Reuters Senior Correspondent, Freelance Writer | 慕亦仁 | Poul Mooney |
| Retired Professor of Sociology, University of Macau | 程鐵軍博士 | Prof. Tiejun Cheng |