Sun Shougang, minister of Shandong provincial publicity department delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Qufu International Confucius Cultural Festival held in Qufu, Shandong province, Sept 27. [Photo/sd.people.com.cn]

Experts from the UK, Japan, Germany, Russia, and the US win the Confucius Friendship Award, which is set by the Jining government for foreign experts who have made outstanding contributions to the local economic and social development. [Photo/sd.people.com.cn]