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Eighty Projects Win China's Top Construction Prize

Eighty Chinese construction projects have been awarded the highest honor in China's construction industry, the 2002 Lu Ban Prize.


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Eighty Chinese construction projects have been awarded the highest honor in China's construction industry, the 2002 Lu Ban Prize.

On Monday, the China Construction Industries Association (CCIA) announced the 80 winners of the Lu Ban Prize for the year 2002. Among them were the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum, the No.1 Qinling tunnel project for the railway connecting Xi'an and Ankang, several public construction and large-scale communications projects as well as some housing projects.

The Lu Ban Prize originated in 1987 and has now become the highest honor in recognition of the quality of construction. The prize, awarded annually, consists of a golden statue of Lu Ban, China's "patron saint" of carpentry. Born in 606 BC, Lu Ban was China's first wood working master.

Chinese Minister of Construction Wang Guangtao said at the awards ceremony that the Lu Ban Prize has played a positive role during the past 16 years in promoting the quality of China's construction work and increasing competition in the construction industry.

Chinese construction firms should maintain a rational balance between costs and profits and should not engage in excessive spending in order to win the prize, said Wang. The firms should use their funds wisely and maintain order in the market.

China has a total of 100,000 construction firms, with the number of employees nearing 34 million. Since 1987, A total of 784construction projects have won the Lu Ban prize.


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