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Announcement on Soliciting "Chinese Ecological Environment Protection Mascot"
Release time:
2019-11-18 17:06
In order to further publicize and implement Xi Jinping's thought of ecological civilization and implement the requirements of "strengthening the publicity and education of ecological civilization" and "cultivating and popularizing ecological culture" put forward in the "opinions of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on comprehensively strengthening the protection of ecological environment and resolutely fighting the battle of pollution prevention and control", we should express and disseminate the concept, values and ecological culture of ecological environment protection with Chinese characteristics through vivid images and international visual elements, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment decided to launch a solicitation campaign for the "Chinese Ecological Environment Protection Mascot. The relevant matters are hereby announced as follows:
1. solicitation activity organization unit
This solicitation is sponsored by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment. The publicity and education center of the Ministry of ecological environment is specifically undertaken under the guidance of the publicity and education department of the Ministry.
2. solicitation contents and relevant requirements
(I) name: Chinese ecological environment protection mascot
(II) positioning: a vivid image of expressing China's ecological environmental protection concepts, values and ecological culture, and an internationally used visual symbol.
(III) theme: Reflect the connotation of Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought, advocate the whole society to firmly establish "green water and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains", "respect nature, conform to nature, and protect nature", "everyone is a protector, builder, and beneficiary of the ecological environment" "And other concepts, mobilize the general public to" protect the ecological environment like protecting the eyes, treat the ecological environment like life "," Insist on the harmonious coexistence of man and nature "," Transform the construction of a beautiful China into the conscious action of all people ".
(IV) specific requirements:
1. The shape is vivid, the theme is distinct, and the connotation is rich; it is full of anthropomorphic characteristics and the flavor of the times, with artistry and strong extensibility. The work should be original and must not have been published.
2. The application must contain the name of the mascot (in Chinese or English), with a decent and catchy name.
3. The application work can be represented by a single artwork, or can be composed of multiple artwork or modeling with different situations, postures and colors. It must be applicable to the dissemination and re-production of different publicity forms such as plane, three-dimensional and electronic media.
4. The application work should contain a written description. The text description is clear and concise, and the number of words is controlled within 500 words.
5. The electronic version of the application works shall be submitted in TIF or JPG format. The source files shall be in AI and PSD format with a resolution of 600*600dpi or above.
Scope of 3. solicitation
For public solicitation at home and abroad, all natural persons, legal persons and other organizations who are interested in the design of China's ecological and environmental protection mascot and voluntarily comply with all the requirements of this solicitation activity can participate in this solicitation activity alone or jointly.
4. submission method
Please send the electronic version and text description of the work to the special electronic E-mail zhengji@mee.gov.cn for the solicitation activity. The title of the email is marked "China's ecological environment protection mascot solicitation activity-country or region-author's name". The email content is accompanied by the author's name, occupation (unit), mailing address and contact information.
Contacts: Jiao Zhiqiang and Xiao Juan
Tel: 010-84634281 to 83, 82
5. solicitation activity steps
(I) solicitation: from now until March 31, 2020.
Preliminary (II) review: April 1-15, 2020. During this period, the organizer organizes expert preliminary evaluation, selects a certain number of candidate works, and displays and votes in relevant media.
(III) Reviewed: April 16-30, 2020. During this period, the final shortlist of winning works will be determined according to the results of media voting and the opinions of experts.
(IV) public announcement: May 1-31, 2020. During this period, the shortlist of winning works will be publicized, the whole society will be supervised, and the mascot will be determined according to certain procedures. Publicity period of one week.
(V) release: 5 Jun 2020. The Ministry of Ecology and Environment released the "Chinese Ecological Environment Protection Mascot" and displayed it at the national home court and related activities on the 6th Five-Year Environment Day.
6. Award Setting
There is one special prize for the solicitation activity, with a bonus of RMB 10000 (before tax); a total of 20 first prize, second prize and third prize, of which the first prize is RMB 3000 (before tax), the second prize is RMB 2000 (before tax), and the third prize is RMB 1000 (before tax). Several excellent organization awards. All winning entries will be awarded certificates. The above awards are awarded in units of works, and the bonuses are distributed by the relevant creators themselves.
7. mascot use
After the mascot is released, it will be used free of charge by all sectors of the society to carry out public welfare activities of ecological environment protection, and the mascot shall not be used for any commercial publicity.
8. other matters
(I) application work cannot be a copy, modification, adaptation, deduction, etc. of any other person's work (including but not limited to other mascots and cartoon images), and cannot be a design that infringes any third-party rights including copyright, trademark rights, design, etc. It cannot be a design that contains religious or commercial information, or a design that violates public order and good customs. If it is found that the work involves plagiarism and other infringement acts, the organizer of the solicitation activity will cancel the qualification of the applicant (organization or individual) to participate in the activity, and the corresponding legal liability shall be borne by the applicant (organization or individual) of the work.
(II) winning works in this solicitation activity will be regarded as works commissioned by the organizer, the copyright (including but not limited to copyright property rights, neighboring rights, derivative product development rights), patent rights (including but not limited to design patent application rights), trademark rights (including but not limited to registered trademark application rights) and all other intellectual property rights, intellectual property rights related to intellectual property rights, and all related derivative rights that are available and enjoyed worldwide and are not prohibited by applicable laws. The organizer (including other third parties approved by the organizer).
The (III) organizer has the right to exhibit, publish (including electronic publishing) and collect the application works, and has the right to use the application works in related activities and carriers (such as websites, posters, media and publications, etc.). The Applicant agrees and confirms that the Organizer may not use the Applicant's name or names when using the Application. The name of the mascot in the selected work may not be retained as the final name of the mascot. The organizer shall not bear any responsibility for the loss or damage of the works due to force majeure and other reasons not caused by the organizer.
(IV) during the solicitation activity, regardless of whether the application works submitted by the applicant are finally selected, the applicant shall bear the obligation of confidentiality of the application plan submitted by the applicant for participating in the solicitation activity and the materials and information related to the application plan, and ensure that it will not disclose any of the aforementioned materials or information to any third party in any way. The applicant shall not conduct commercial publicity on whether to respond to this solicitation work and whether to participate in this solicitation activity at any time and at any place in any form. During this solicitation activity, the organizer reserves the right to cancel the qualification of applicants who violate the above confidentiality and publicity restrictions to participate in this solicitation activity. If the organizer suffers any loss as a result of the breach of the above obligations of confidentiality and publicity restrictions by the declarant, the organizer shall have the right to demand compensation from the declarant.
Once the (V) submitted works, it is deemed to agree and accept all the agreements of this solicitation plan.
(VI) organizers reserve the right of final interpretation of the event.
Ministry of Ecology and Environment
18 November 2019
