On January 20, 2003 (December 18, 2002 in the lunar calendar), China presented the "International Cooperation Award for Environmental Protection" for the first time. On January 20, 2003, China presented the "International Cooperation Award for Environmental Protection" for the first time. Corrado Krini, Director of the International Department of the Italian Ministry of Environment and Territory, and Chen Qingnian, the World Bank's China Working Group on the Protection of the Ozone Layer, won the award. The International Cooperation Award for Environmental Protection was established in 2002 and is selected every two years to recognize international friends who have made outstanding contributions to China's environmental protection work.