Weiwei Cheng Wins Chinese Government Award

Weiwei Cheng has been named a winner of the 2009 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad. He is one of 37 winners in Germany to receive the 2009 award, which includes a $5,000 prize and a certificate. This award is presented by the China Scholarship Council annually to recognize the academic merit and research accomplishments of exceptional, self-financed — not government-financed — students from China who are pursuing doctoral degrees abroad. It is granted around the world across all disciplines. The award ceremony in Germany was held at the Embassy of China in Berlin on June 5, where Weiwei has given the award acceptance speech on behalf of all the award winners. Here are a selection of news reports from the Chinese media as well as news articles from the press office at University of Marburg and Oberhessische Presse.