Magsaysay Awardees Digital Collection

Liang Congjie

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2000 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Public Service from China. As founder of Friends of Nature, he alerted society to the environmental catastrophe created by China's industrial revolution, working with the groups who could effectively espouse change: central government, media, and the studentry. Addressing sensitive issues and often treading at the very edge of controversy, he has avoided the pitfall of alienating government -- still China's most powerful medium of change -- and has produced a replicable model for his country's new generation of voluntary organizations.


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Citation of Liang Congjie as 2000 Magsaysay Awardee for Public Service

In electing Liang Congjie to receive the 2000 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service, the board of trustees recognizes his courageous pioneering leadership in China's environmental movement and nascent civil society.

Liang Congjie's acceptance speech at the 2000 Ramon Magsaysay Award Presentation Ceremony held in Manila on 31 August 2000.

Official biography of Liang Congjie, founder of the Friends of Nature, in connection to his Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service in 2000. This was carefully written by Lorna Kalaw-Tirol based on her interviews done together with James R. Rush. …

An article entitled "Anatomy of a Prize Pride Restored" written by Cesar Bacani which was published in Asiaweek on 4 August 2000.

A guidebook entitled "Citizen's Environmental Guide" published by Liang Congjie's Friends of Nature.

Cover, images and short introduction published in a calendar by Liang Congjie's Friends of Nature (FON).

Liang Congjie's Solo Photos
Solo photograps of Liang Congjie, founder of the Friends of Nature (FON) and recipient of the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service in 2000.

Introduction of a newsletter of the Friends of Nature published in January 1999. Followed by excerpts from their magazine highlighting their activities including the conferment of the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service for its founder, Liang…

An article entitled "Green Groups Explore the Boundaries of Advocacy" published in China Development Brief (vol. 4 no. 1, summer 2001). It highlights Friends of Nature and Liang Congjie as the recipient of the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public…

Official brochure of the Friends of Nature (FON) in 1997. The NGO was founded in 1994 by Liang Congjie. He received the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service in 2000.