An environmentalist whose passion is to "heal nature" and writes prolifically about the richness and variety of China's wildlife and animal habitats

A Chinese physician from Beijing who publicized a cover-up of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome epidemic in China

A medical doctor who discovered that the high incidence of HIV-AIDS in China's Henan province was due to the profitable but reckless business of selling human blood

An esteemed and well-regarded "Father of Hybrid Rice" who pioneered scientific agricultural research, developing the genetic materials and technologies essential for breeding high-yielding hybrid rice varieties, that has helped transform China from food deficiency to food security within three decades

A Chinese feminist activist and English language professor, and a seven-term district-level congress member

A Chinese historian best known for his work as an environmental activist who established the Friends of Nature in 1994 as the first environmental non-governmental organization

A lover of the theater, a prolific stage actor, and a cultural ambassador who uses the stage and his ability to work in both the Chinese and Western mediums for inter-cultural exchange

A pioneering Chinese researcher and professor of sociology and anthropology noted for his studies in the study of China's ethnic groups as well as a social activist

China's indefatigable government leader who, as chairman of the Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction, successfully increased agricultural production in the hands of farmers' organizations and enriched the quality of rural life