OREANDA-NEWS. April 28, 2011. The China Green Foundation successfully held the "Public Green Action of China — the Launch Ceremony of 10699969 SMS Donated Planting and the Green Public Welfare Ceremony of 2010" in Golden Hall of the People`s Great Hall. Agricultural Bank of China Limited (ABC) and other 19 enterprises won the 2010 Eco-China Contribution Award, and nine people were honored the Eco-China Outstanding Individual Award. The China Mobile Communications Corporation and other 18 companies won the Eco-China Cooperation Award. Chongqing and other two cities received the Eco-China City Award. Mr. Lin Wenyi, Vice Chairman of the CPPCC, Mr. Jia Zhibang, Administrator of the State Forestry Administration, Mr. Wang Zhibao, President of the China Green Foundation attended the launch ceremony, and presented medals to the winning enterprises and individuals, reported the press-centre of ABC.

The organizer specially planned this green public welfare ceremony to further guide the society to actively participate in the domestic ecological building and boost the eco-China progress. Four awards were set to honor enterprises and individuals that made extraordinary contributions to forestation and ecological environment improvement in 2010. They are the Eco-China Outstanding Individual Award, the Eco-China Cooperation Award, the 2010 Eco-China Contribution Award and the Eco-China City Award. In order to promote the green activity to the public, the organizer established a SMS donated planting platform – 10699969.

The China Green Foundation, founded in 1985, is a national public foundation under the State Forestry Administration and an important organization of non-governmental ecological fund raising.

Over 400 people attended the award-presenting ceremony, including state and ministry leaders, representatives of greening volunteers from colleges and universities in Beijing, and reporters of Beijing-based media organizations.