“Xiaoxiang Friendship Award” is the highest prize of Hunan Provincial People’s Government to honor foreign experts who make devoted greatly to the economic construction and social development of Hunan Province.

Since 1997, under the support of State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs and the efforts of various sectors, we have introduced 11,000 foreign experts of all specialties. Those experts enlivened in the fields of industry, agriculture, transportation, finance, education, public health of our province, and have made important contributions to the economic construction and social development of our province.

In 2002, in order to commend the outstanding achievements made by the foreign experts in Hunan Province, the Provincial Government decided to establish “Xiaoxiang Friendship Award”.

“Xiaoxiang Friendship Award” will be given every two years and honor about ten experts each time.