The first “Make the City Better” Awards Ceremony was held in World Trade Center, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong on December 15, 2011. Gao Yuchen deputy commissioner of Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic Of China in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Liu Hanqi, deputy director of culture and sports propaganda department of Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Ling Jiaqin, director of Planning Department, Hong Kong, Gui Qiangfang, president of CICC, and Xue Fengxuan, vice president of CICC, awarded for winning cities. City leaders and representatives like Huang Yebin, Huizhou municipal party Committee Secretary, Guo Ruimin, mayor of Xinyang, Xu Jiaai, mayor of Jinhua, Zhou Jiankun, mayor of Anshun, Sun De, deputy mayor of Zhaoqing, Li Dexi, deputy mayor of Mudanjiang, Zheng Riqiang, deputy mayor of Zhanjiang, Ma Lisheng deputy secretary-general of the Xuzhou municipal government, Huang Yi, deputy secretary-general of the Qinzhou municipal government, Tan Qixian, deputy secretary of the standing committee of CPC Bijie, Cao Zhiming, deputy secretary-general of the Lhasa municipal government, Liu Binggong, deputy director of Rizhao environmental protection department, Kang Lifeng, deputy director of Xian Travel and Tourism Administration, Ju Shuling, sub-inspector of Dalian Municipal General Office, and Sun Yu, Qingdao government representative, were present at the awards ceremony and came to the stage to receive the awards.