EARTH IS THEIR CANVAS

Editor's note: In order to promote global cooperation to address climate change and protect biodiversity, China Daily and the Publicity Department of the CPC Ordos Municipal Committee have organized the International Cartoon and Illustration Exhibition on a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind 2024, with the theme "One Earth".Displayed below are award-winning pieces as well as outstanding works that demonstrate Ordos' achievements in environmental protection and showcase AI's potential.

The International Cartoon and Illustration Exhibition on a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind 2024, with the theme "One Earth", calls for global cooperation to address global warming and protect the environment.

Using art as a bridge, the exhibition invited cartoonists, illustrators, and art enthusiasts worldwide to depict a green, low-carbon lifestyle and harmonious coexistence between humanity and nature.

The exhibition received nearly 3,700 works, including more than 1,400 overseas entries, from about 60 countries and regions. The entries reflect deep thought and strong emotional impact, highlighting artists' shared recognition of the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind. The works, through artistic expression, focus on environmental issues, calling for international cooperation to protect our planet.

A total of 135 artworks were selected and showcased at the Ordos Art Museum in Ordos, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, including those that won the gold, silver and bronze prizes, the Prize of Excellence, the Eco-Friendly Ordos Prize, the Prize of Excellence for AI-Assisted Works, besides other shortlisted artworks.

Gold, Silver, Bronze prizes

Prize of Excellence*

Eco-Friendly Ordos Prize* & Prize of Excellence for AI-Assisted Works*

This year's exhibition has instituted the Eco-Friendly Ordos Prize to highlight Ordos City's remarkable achievements in desertification control, environmental protection, and energy conservation. To reflect the growing influence of technology in art, the Prize of Excellence for AI-Assisted Works has also been introduced.

* (not the full list).