The Bing Xin Children's Literary Award (''Bing Xin ertong wenxue xinzuo jiang'' 冰心儿童文学新作奖) is named after the Chinese writer

Bing Xin Xie Wanying (; October 5, 1900 – February 28, 1999), better known by her pen name Bing Xin () or Xie Bingxin, was one of the most prolific Chinese women writers of the 20th century. Many of her works were written for young readers. She ...

, whose work has made her a key figure in 20th-century

Chinese literature The history of Chinese literature extends thousands of years, and begins with the earliest recorded inscriptions, court archives, building to the major works of philosophy and history written during the Axial Age. The Han dynasty, Han (202 ...

. Bing Xin co-founded the award with authors Ge Cuilin and Han Suyin in 1990. It is an annual award intended to "honor the creativity of Chinese Children's literature and in addition to discovering and fostering new authors, supporting and encouraging outstanding children's literature and publishing...". Bing Xin's daughter Wu Qing continues to be involved with the Bing Xin Children's Literature Award.

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