The Hans Christian Andersen Award is the highest international recognition given to an author and an illustrator of children's books. Given every other year by IBBY, the Hans Christian Andersen Awards recognize lifelong achievement and are presented to an author and an illustrator whose complete works have made an important, lasting contribution to children's literature. The Patron of the Andersen Awards is Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark. The selection criteria include the aesthetic and literary qualities of writing and illustrating as well as the ability to see things from the child's point of view and the ability to stretch the child's curiosity and imagination. The complete works of the author and of the illustrator will be taken into consideration.
       Chinese Winner: Cao Wenxuan, 2016

       Shortlist of Chinese nominees:
       Xiong Liang (illustrator), 2018
       Cao Wenxuan (author), 2016