Top 10 "Outstanding Chinese Youths" selected

Winner of the Top 10 "Outstanding Chinese Youths", Zeng Manjun, who is a battalion leader with the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA).(Xinhua Photo)

BEIJING, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- The results of the 18th selection of "Top 10 Outstanding Chinese Youths" were published here by the All-China Youth Federation on Sunday. The awards ceremony will be held on January 1, 2008.

They are as follows: Zeng Manjun, Yang Wei, Li Changsong, Pei Chunliang, Wang Jie, Xu Chuanxi, Wu Qiang, Dong Yuexia, Xu Benyu, and Lu Meng.

Zeng is a battalion leader with the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA); Yang has won several international gymnastic competitions; Li is a "hero" from the Chinese People's Armed Police (PAP); Pei is a village head from Henan Province; Wang is a handicapped person who runs a secondary school for the handicapped; Xu is the dean of the Sino-US Law Institute of the China University of Political Science and Law; Wu is a police officer who has participated in United Nations peace-keeping missions; Dong is a female expert from the oil field; Xu is a postgraduate student who has devoted himself to teaching in a remote hilly village; and Lu is a prize-winning ballet actor.

Winner of the Top 10 "Outstanding Chinese Youths", Yang Wei, who has won several international gymnastic competitions. (Xinhua Photo)

The 10 were selected from 45 candidates recommended by 30 local organizations of the Chinese Communist Youth League and the All-China Youth Federation, as well as the General Political Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

The judges, who were selected from 600 people by random computer generation, cast a secret vote to choose the winners.