There are seven different award categories:

1.  Environmental Impact Award
2.  Empowerment of Women Award
3.  Poverty Alleviation Award
4.  Equality in Education Award
5.  Employee Engagement Award
6.  Community & Culture Award
7.  Universal Healthcare Award

The awards are open to all companies that run social or sustainable programs impacting China, no matter the nationality of the company.

Organisations will have to enter as one of two classifications:

1. Large Enterprise (LE) – To include companies with global revenue over $8 million USD.
2. Small to Medium sized Enterprise (SME) – Includes companies with a global revenue of less than $8 million USD.

Each award will have one LE winner and one SME winner.

All programmes that impact China are eligible to enter the awards. The programme should be clearly related to the award categories. See the award category pages  to see judging criteria and for more details.

Companies that run global social impact campaigns will be solely judged on the parts of the campaign that impact the social and environmental landscape in China.

The China Social Impact Awards will accept online entries only. Applications are currently open

Once applications are open, click on the Enter the Awards button on our website, select the categories you wish to enter and complete the online application form.

The closing date for submissions is 6^thJuly 2021.

Yes. If the social impact programme is clearly related to more than one award category, it may be entered in those awards. As the judging criteria are different for each award, separate applications are required to be made.

Yes. If a company runs more than one social impact programme that relate to different awards, that company may apply to all relevant award categories.

Yes. If all programmes are related to the award, they may be entered as ONE application. Multiple entries to one award are not allowed. In the case that multiple entries are made, one will be selected at random. Companies applying should consider that judges will be looking for cohesive narratives.

Yes. There is no limitation on the number of years in which an individual or organisation is entered for an award.

The judging process is divided into two parts; firstly the panel judges will individually shortlist and rank the applications, the scores of which are tallied and a final three announced.

The same judges will then come together as a group and discuss the merits of each of the finalists, coming to a clear decision on the winner and runners up. In the case of a split decision, finalists will be asked to interview in front of the panel.

The winners will be announced at the Gala Awards Dinner on Thursday 16^th September.

For each award category there is a panel of five judges. The five judges will judge on both LE and SME entries. In total, there are 42 judges throughout the whole of the CSIAs.

The candidates for each award will be evaluated by a panel of five judges, selected based on their expertise in sustainability and corporate responsibility.

You will receive an automated note generated by our online system.

Finalists for each award category will be contacted individually and announced on the China Social Impact Awards website.

The organisers will only inform those organisations and individuals that have been selected to progress to the second judging stage. The entrant’s designated contact will be formally notified by email after the announcement.

The winners will be announced at the Gala Awards Dinner on Thursday 16^th September 2021.

To ensure the integrity of the Awards, no details of any winners will be available to the public, including the media, before the gala dinner.

* The details in this document are correct at the time of going to press and subject to change.
* The judges’ decisions are final.
* The China Social Impact Awards Committee reserves the right to alter the rules of the competition at any time.