Two of Pingtan's entrepreneurs have won awards at the Fourth International Conference of Businessmen of Fujian Origin (ICBFO) held in Fuzhou, capital of East China's Fujian province on June 17.

Wang Yanping, president of the Guohang Ocean Shipping (Group) Ltd, a provider of the integrated marine services, and Zhou Tingyan, president of Xihang Group, conglomerate with business in real estate, hotels, commerce and tourism, both won the awards of Outstanding Contribution to Haixi Construction and Public Welfare Donation by Private Entrepreneur.

As Many as 238 Fujian businessmen who have invested at least 500 million yuan ($81.6 million) on Fujian's real economy and 163 others who donated more than 10 million for public cause have been recognized by ICBFO since last year.

Edited by Chen Zhilin and Micheal Thai