On August 27, local time, the Sister Cities International announced the winners of the 2024 Young Artists and Authors Showcase (YAAS).

Two entries from Fuzhou city, Fujian province—Huang Lanshu's poem "Resilient Cities for Tomorrow's Climate", and Pan Xiwen's digital artwork "Learning from Plants, Animals and the Land"—each won third prize in the competition.

YAAS, established by Sister Cities International in 2021, features six categories: traditional art, digital art, photography, essays, poetry, and original music. The theme for the 2024 showcase was "CLIMATESCAPE: Resilient Cities for Tomorrow's Climate," attracted over 325 entries from around the world.

Fuzhou has participated in the event for three consecutive years, with multiple entries receiving awards.

Resilient Cities for Tomorrow's Climate 

Beneath the climate's shifting gaze

Cities rise, a tapestry of days

In sustainable threads we weave

Resilience, our guiding belief

Sunlight dances, a warm embrace

Wind whispers through towering grace

Green oases, life's purest form

In cities, nature takes its norm 

Transport's green, pollution's farewell

Recycle, reuse, nature's swell

Green structures, nature's embrace

In harmony, life's sweet grace 

City's plan, nature's hand in play

Ecosystems thrive, day by day

Rise, act now, for future's sake

Resilience, future's make

Let's build cities of strength and might

Where nature and man live in unity's light

Sustainable, beautiful, a beacon so bright

Guiding us towards a future that's right

English poem "Resilient Cities for Tomorrow's Climate" by Huang Lanshu

Award certificate of Huang Lanshu

Digital artwork "Learn from Plants, Animals and the Land" by Pan Xiwen

Award certificate of Pan Xiwen