7. The author owns the copyright of the photo. Once the shortlisted photos are published, or the author is informed they are a finalist, it means that the author has agreed that the Bureau for External Cultural Relations of the Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China has the right to use the shortlisted photos. The author shall enjoy the right of authorship of the work. The sponsor of the contest has the right to keep the short-listed entries with their captions in its photo gallery and use them in other cultural activities or cultural products, such as exhibition, publication, poster and photo album design. The sponsor also has the right to recommend the short-listed photos with their captions to related media and will not pay the author for use.
8. All legal responsibility and all losses resulting from any copyright infringement, trademark rights, privacy rights, and publicity rights shall be borne by the author himself. The organizer does not take any legal responsibility and all losses resulting from but not limited to any copyright infringement, trademark rights, privacy rights, and publicity rights of the selected works.
9. Once the short-listed candidates are announced, the author should provide personal information and bank information to get remuneration; if personal and bank information is not provided, the winner will be disqualified.
When
Starts from Jan 1, 2017
Submission deadline: Feb 28, 2017
How
Please submit your photo to: contest@chinadaily.com.cn
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Notice: The author should use their real name, address, email and phone number. Anyone who provides incomplete contact information will be disqualified.
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