Founder of Green River

Yang Xin, born in 1963, is the president of Green River. From 65438 to 0984, he began to investigate, photograph and explore the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. More than 20 of them entered the source area of the Yangtze River, and the deterioration of the ecological environment in the source area of the Yangtze River was discovered. 1995 established a non-governmental green river environmental protection organization and carried out a series of projects to protect the source of the Yangtze River. Through the charity sale of his book Soul of the Yangtze River, Sonandajie Nature Reserve was established in Hoh Xil, which is the source of the Yangtze River and the first folk nature reserve in China. Based on the protection station, Yang Xin led volunteers to carry out a series of eco-environmental protection projects such as wildlife protection at the source of the Yangtze River, and put forward relevant eco-environmental protection suggestions to government departments, which were adopted by the government, so that the eco-environmental situation in the source area of the Yangtze River and the fate of Tibetan antelopes attracted the attention of governments at all levels and the public in China.

/kloc-in the past 0/0 years, the work carried out by Yang Xin and his Qinghe has been widely recognized by the government and society. Yang Xin and Green River won the following major awards:

2000: President Yang Xin won the "Earth Award" (Friends of the Earth, etc. ).

200 1: The project "Protect the source of the Yangtze River and love my nature" won the first prize of environmental protection and natural ecological protection of Ford Motor Company (Ford Motor Company, National People's Congress Environmental Protection Committee).

2002: President Yang Xin won the "Mother River Award" (Central Committee of the Communist Youth League).

2003: President Yang Xin won the Getty Prize for Environment (WWF).

In 2004, the project "Ecological Environmental Protection along the Qinghai-Tibet Railway" won the third prize of environmental protection and natural ecological protection of Ford Motor Company.

2004: "Special Prize for Ecological Construction of Environmental Volunteers" (Central Committee of the Communist Youth League and other five ministries and commissions)

2005: "China Wildlife Protection Award" (China Environmental Protection Foundation and wildaid Association)

In 2005, President Yang Xin was named as "Top Ten Outstanding People of Folk Environmental Protection in China".

2006: "Green East-China Environmental Award" (China Environmental Protection Foundation)

2006: President Yang Xin won the "2006 Green Person of the Year Award" (Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee, Ministry of Environmental Protection, Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, etc. ).

2007: Won See&; First prize of TNC Ecological Award (2007)

2007: Toyota Motor Environmental Award

2008: Sichuan 5 12 Advanced Social Organization for Earthquake Relief (Sichuan Provincial Civil Affairs Department)

2009: Won the "Mother River" award again.

20 10: The project "20 10 Yangtze River Glacier Rescue Action" won the third prize of "Ford Motor Environmental Protection Award" in the category of low-carbon life civilization.

20 1 1: President Yang Xin won the honorary title of "China Contemporary Xu Xiake".

20 1 1: President Yang Xin won the "Vale-Individual Contribution Award".

20 1 1 year: Green River won the "201/kloc-0 Core World Public Welfare Innovation Award-Pioneer Advocacy Award".

20 1 1: President Yang Xin won the "Change-Ten-Year Achievement Award" of Shanghai Bund Pictorial.

20 1 1: President Yang Xin was commended by the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, and the Jiu San Society, and won the honor of "Advanced Individual of Federation of Industry and Commerce of Democratic Parties without Party affiliation for Building a Well-off Society in an All-round Way".

20 12: Green River won the prize of "Shanghai Foreign Language Channel ICS5-Light of the Future".

20 13: the project of "turning garbage into commodities, collecting, transporting and purifying the source of the Yangtze River" won the social group award of public figures for water environmental protection (China Guang Cai Business Foundation).

20 13: the project of "protecting the spotted geese" in the Green River was nominated for "Best Public Welfare and Environmental Protection Spirit" in the China Outdoor Golden Rhino Award on 20 13.

20 13: president Yang Xin was awarded the title of "angel with green lungs on earth" by the international green economy association.

20 14: Green Water "Ecological Rescue Action at the Source of the Yangtze River" won the silver prize in the 3rd China Charity Project Competition, and it is the only environmental protection organization among the winners.