{"id":13653,"date":"2024-02-10T12:00:26","date_gmt":"2024-02-10T12:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focus.cbbc.org\/?p=13653"},"modified":"2024-02-14T16:36:01","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T16:36:01","slug":"cbbc-announces-winners-of-2024-china-scotland-business-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focus.cbbc.org\/cbbc-announces-winners-of-2024-china-scotland-business-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"CBBC Announces Winners of 2024 China-Scotland Business Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

The China-Scotland Business Awards were announced and presented at the Chinese Burns Supper in Edinburgh on 8 February \u2013 with over 300 guests in attendance<\/span><\/h3>\n

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Businesses were shortlisted across seven different categories: Marketing Campaign of the Year; ESG Champion of the Year; Professional Advisory of the Year; Scottish Corporate in Hong Kong 2024; Chinese Corporate of the Year; The Dragon Award for Pioneering Spirit; and Educational Partnership of the Year.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Edinburgh Tourism Action Group (ETAG)<\/b><\/a><\/span>\u00a0won the newly launched Award for\u00a0\u2018Marketing Campaign of the Year\u2019<\/b>. The Award recognises ETAG\u2019s success in launching Edinburgh\u2019s first-ever Chinese social media campaign at the end of 2016 as part of its China Ready Programme to position Edinburgh as a must-visit destination and one of the most China-friendly destinations in the UK.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"\u2018ESG Champion of the Year\u2019<\/b> \u2013 sponsored by Diageo \u2013 was awarded to the Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS)<\/b><\/span><\/a>, whose mission is to ignite and nurture leadership in credible water stewardship through a market-based system that guides, recognises, and rewards good water stewardship practice. AWS\u2019s first site to achieve certification to the AWS Standard in 2015 was Ecolab\u2019s Taicang facility in the critically stressed Tai Hu basin. Since then, AWS has steadily enabled more major companies and their suppliers to adopt the AWS Standard in China and established a China Representative Office in Shanghai in 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"The Award for\u00a0\u2018Professional Advisory of the Year\u2019<\/b>\u00a0went to\u00a0Burness Paull LLP<\/b><\/span><\/a>, an independent law firm with a dedicated China Desk. Burness Paull LLP\u2019s goal is to build upon its strong track record in advising Chinese clients and become the go-to firm for Chinese clients investing in Scotland and the wider UK by providing tailored services and comprehensive support to bridge cultural and business gaps between the UK and China.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Another new award category for 2024 was \u2018Scottish Corporate in Hong Kong\u2019<\/b>, which was sponsored by InvestHK London. The winner was\u00a0Museum Context Hong Kong,<\/b><\/span><\/a> whose exciting new partnership with Edinburgh\u2019s literary gem, Elephant House, will lead to the launch of Elephant House International Hong Kong in 2024, with a further US$3 million investment going to create a uniquely immersive experience bringing together Museum Context\u2019s Edinburgh merchandise with the story of the Elephant House and sharing this with the people of Hong Kong.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"\u2018Chinese Corporate of the Year\u2019<\/b>\u00a0was awarded to\u00a0COES Caledonia (UK) Limited \u2013<\/b><\/span><\/a> a UK subsidiary of the Chinese maritime giant, the China Ocean Engineering Solutions Group (COES) \u2013 which has made significant investments in Scotland\u2019s maritime sector. This investment in Scotland has been concentrated in state-of-the-art offshore construction engineering, heavy lift, deep sea dive, pipelay and subsea engineering, and new marine and offshore renewables vessels, totalling close to USD US$1 billion.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Another new category for this year\u2019s ceremony was the\u00a0\u2018Dragon Award for Pioneering Spirit\u2019<\/b>, which was designed to recognise organisations pioneering partnerships between Scotland and China. Sponsored by Heriot-Watt University\u2019s Scottish Confucius Institute for Business and Communication, the award went to Speech Graphics<\/b><\/span><\/a>, which delivers pioneering facial animation technology to the entertainment industry. Over the past year, Speech Graphics has successfully deepened its connections between China and Scotland, notably establishing a partnership with GrowthEase, a leading provider of enterprise technology solutions in China.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Finally, the\u00a0\u2018Educational Partnership of the Year\u2019<\/b>\u00a0Award went to the\u00a0Zhejiang University – University of Edinburgh Institute (ZJE)<\/b><\/span><\/a>. Established in 2016, ZJE is the University of Edinburgh\u2019s flagship overseas institution for education and scientific research and is based in Haining, Zhejiang Province in China. A \u00a31 billion investment has provided purpose-built, state-of-the-art research, teaching, accommodation, and recreation facilities. The partnership facilitates an ambitious global biomedical research agenda between two well-matched world-leading universities with a common vision to develop the next generation of biomedical scientists and support biomedical innovation.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Now going into its 11th year, CBBC\u2019s Chinese Burns Supper, in partnership with the Confucius Institute for Scotland at the University of Edinburgh, has become a permanent fixture in the China-Scotland business calendar.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The event featured a fusion of Burns Night traditions with those of Chinese New Year as a backdrop for black-tie networking for the China-Scotland business and educational community. Guests were treated to a dynamic programme of entertainment, including the customary Address to a Haggis, a \u2018Bian Lian\u2019 (Face Changing) performance, a poetry recital of Earl of the River by Consul General Zhang Biao and Richard Lochhead MSP, and a Dragon Dance, amongst other performances.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Funds were raised to support\u00a0The Eric Liddell 100 (EL100)<\/b><\/span><\/a>, a programme of events and activities to recognise and celebrate the life, sporting, and community service achievements of Eric Liddell. It is being planned around 2024, the centenary of his historic success at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Awards were generously supported and made possible by CBBC\u2019s<\/span> Partners and Sponsors:<\/b>\u00a0The Confucius Institute for Scotland at The University of Edinburgh<\/span><\/a>;\u00a0Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office<\/span><\/a>;\u00a0Scottish Enterprise<\/span><\/a>;\u00a0Scottish Development International<\/span><\/a>;\u00a0Heriot-Watt University<\/span><\/a>;\u00a0Diageo<\/span><\/a>;\u00a0Invest Hong Kong<\/span><\/a>;\u00a0Moutai China<\/span><\/a>;\u00a0Time Machine + Folks<\/span><\/a>;\u00a0Kinloch Anderson<\/span><\/a>;\u00a0Glencairn Crystal Studio Ltd<\/span><\/a>; and\u00a0Harris and Lewis Smokehouse<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/span>The full list of Nominees for each award category is as follows:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Marketing Campaign of the Year<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n