On January 1^st the Education Forum for Asia assisted in putting on a forum for a SOHU Education internet company sponsored event, “60 Years of Educational Growth in China”. A large part of the forum was used to congratulate and reward many of the key contributors to education in China. The forum was held in the grand ballroom of the Beijing Grand Hyatt. Over 100 organizations and 60 individuals were awarded certificates and plaques recognizing their achievements over the past year.

      Reportedly, the original activities began on December 18^th, 2009 officially started promoting the conference. “60 Years of Education in China, 60 Great Contributors”, followed by “The Top 100 Brands of Education”, “A Tribute to Distinguished Ideas in China’s Education System”, “A Look Back at the Educational Achievements of the New China”, and last but not least “A Few Words for the New Minister to Usher in a New Era of Education” were the 5 main topics of the forum. In the run up to this conference there were nearly 6000000 netizens who participated in nominating and voting for people; the nominations were then passed through a committee of experts to finally elect the “60 Great Contributors in the 60 Years of the New China”, “The 60^th Anniversary, 10 Biggest Brands of Educational Institutions”, “The 60^th Anniversary, 10 Biggest Immigrated Education Service Organizations”, “The 60^th Anniversary, 10 Biggest Brands of Foreign Language Preparatory Course Providers”, “The 60^th Anniversary, 10 Most Influential Locally Run High School Organizations”, “The 60^th Anniversary, 10 Most Influential Commerce Schooling Organizations”, “The 60^th Anniversary, The 60^th Anniversary, 10 Most Influential Foreign Study Service Organizations”, “The 60^th Anniversary, 10 Most Influential Foreign Language Training Organizations”, “The 60^th Anniversary, 10 Most Influential Long Distance Learning Organizations”, “The 60^th Anniversary, 10 Most Influential Vocational Training Organizations”, “The 60^th Anniversary, 10 Most Influential Information Technology Education Organizations”, “The 60^th Anniversary, 10 Most Influential Supplementary Education Institutions”, “The 60^th Anniversary, 10 Most Influential Preschool Education Organizations”, “The 60^th Anniversary, 10 Most Influential Independent Study Organizations”, and finally “The 60^th Anniversary, 10 Most Influential Private Education Organizations”. These 14 major types of educational organizations, all relating to the different branches of education, all coming at education from different angles and with different concepts, are all helping to transform China’s educational system into a greater and more enlightening societal institution and they are deserving of our highest praise.