We would like to express our gratitude to the youth participants from NEAR member regions for participating in the 10^th NEAR Youth Art Contest.

Thanks to a record number of submissions despite the COVID-19 pandemic and uneasy political state in the Northeast Asian region.

This year, a special consideration of cultural features of each country was taken into account when selecting the winning artworks.

A.   Number of Participants: 827 artworks in total - China: 565; Japan: 122; Korea: 64; Mongolia: 19; Russia: 57

B.   Winners: 201 persons - 1 first prize winner; 5 second prize winners; 20 participation award winners - 170 special recognition award winners; 5 special award winners

For the specifics of winning artworks, please refer to the attachment.

Thank you.