Chen Bochui Children's Literature Award


The Chen Bochui Children’s Literature Award is a major award issued in China, with the aim of promoting excellence in children’s publishing and cultural diversity. It was originally called the Children’s Literary Garden Prize, then the Chen Bochui Children's Literature Award from 1988. The first awards were given in 1981, and were awarded every two years. It was renamed as the Chen Bochui International Children's Literature Award, and since 2014 has been held annually. It is named after the author, translator, journalist and educator Chen Bochui, who translated Pushkin’s Children’s Tales, The Wizard of Oz, and Don Quixote into Chinese for the first time in the 1940s, and who donated his life savings to establish this award. It is the longest continuously running literary prize in China.

The 1st to 10th Awards – main prizewinners

Outstanding Contribution 杰出贡献奖
Main Prize
Outstanding Works 优秀作品奖
Outstanding Contribution 杰出贡献奖
Main prize 大 奖
Outstanding Works 优秀作品奖
Outstanding Contribution 杰出贡献奖
Main prize 大奖
Special Awards 特别奖
Outstanding Contribution 杰出贡献奖
Main prizewinners 大奖
Outstanding works 优秀作品奖
Jury Members: Fang Weiping 方卫平, Zhu Chengliang 朱成梁, Roger Mello, Nathalie Beau, Maria Jesús Gil, Ye Xin 叶辛, Lin Wenbao 刘文宝, Hai Fei 海飞
Best Contributions to Children's Magazines 2014
Best Picture Books of the Year, 2014
Best Literary Works of the Year, 2014
Best Author of the Year, 2014
Special Contribution Award, 2014
Jury Members: Ye Xin 叶辛 , Maria Jesus Gil, Nathalie Beau, Piet Grobler, Zhang Zizhang 张子樟, Zhang Zhilu 张之路, Liu Haiqi 刘海栖, Liu Xuyuan 刘绪源, Zhou Xiang 周翔
Best Contributions to Children's Magazines 2015
Best Picture Books of the Year, 2015 :
Best Literary Works of the Year, 2015
Best Author of the Year, 2015
Special Contribution Award, 2015
Jury Members: Ye Xin 叶辛, Roger Mello, Piet Grobler, Junko Yokota, Xu Jiankun 许建昆, Xiao Fuxing 肖复兴, Liu Xuyuan 刘绪源, Zhu Ziqiang 朱自强, Yao Hong 姚红
Each prize carried a cash award of 20,000 Chinese yuan.

Best Picture Books
Best Literary Works of 2016
Special Contribution Award, 2016
Author of the Year Award, 2016
Jury members: Gao Hongbo, Junko Yokota, Javier Zabala, Sophie Van der Linde, Yanwu Chanxia, Xu Lu, Liu Xuyuan, Sun Jianjiang and Yang Zhong
Best Picture Books
Best Literary Works of 2017
Best Contributions to Children's Magazines 2017
Special Contribution Award, 2017
Author of the Year Award, 2016
Best literary work of the year
Best picture book of the year
Best single piece of the year
Special Contribution Award
Best Author
Best literary work of the year
Best picture book of the year
Best single piece of the year
Special Contribution Award
Best Author