The China-Scotland Business Awards 2025 & Chinese Burns Supper

The full list of Nominees and Winners for each Award category in 2024 was as follows:

Marketing Campaign of the Year

Winner: 

• Edinburgh Tourism Action Group, China Ready Initiative

Nominees: 

• Emerging Comms

• Ningbo Orient Wires & Cables Co Ltd

• Commercial Cross Ltd

ESG Champion of the Year

Winner: 

• Alliance for Water Stewardship 

Nominees:

• Logan Energy Limited

• Bakkafrost Scotland

• Beira

• Wood

Professional Advisory of the Year

Winner: 

• Burness Paull 

Nominees:

• Harper Macleod LLP

• Opergy Scotland

Scottish Corporate in Hong Kong 2024

Winner:

• Museum Context Hong Kong 

Nominees:

• EGG Lighting

• Cashmaster

Chinese Corporate of the Year

Winner:

• COES Caledonia (UK) Limited 

Nominees:

• SANY Heavy Machinery (UK) Ltd

• ZZCOMM Technology (UK) Co. Ltd

Dragon Award for Pioneering Spirit

Winner:

• Speech Graphics 

Nominees:

• 126 Water for Whisky

• University of the West of Scotland

Educational Partnership of the Year

Winner:

• The University of Edinburgh - The Zhejiang University - University of Edinburgh Institute (ZJE).

Nominees: 

• University of Stirling - Partnership with Hebei Normal University

• University of Strathclyde - Partnership with Peking University 

• Edinburgh Napier University - Partnership with Shanghai Normal University 

Read about the 2024 Awards here

The 6th annual China-Scotland Business Awards returned in 2023 to recognise and celebrate achievements in trade and investment between Scotland and China. 

The winners of the 2023 Awards were:

Educational Partnership of the Year

• Edinburgh Napier University and Guangxi University of Science and Technology

Entrepreneur of the Year

• Simon Smiley, Director of Napiers the Herbalists

Chinese Investor of the Year

• AccuBio / Zhejiang Orient Gene Biotech Co.,Ltd

Award for Climate Action

• University of the West of Scotland

Exporter of the Year 

• PG Paper Company Ltd 

The full shortlist companies for the 2023 Awards was:

Exporter of the Year

• PG Paper
• PSI Global
• House of Glenroy

Chinese Investor of the Year

• Accubio / Zhejiang Orient Gene Biotech Co. Ltd;
• Shopbycard Ltd

Entrepreneur of the Year

• Simon Smiley
• Fu Wei

Award for Climate Action

• University of the West of Scotland
• Wood

Educational Partnership of the Year

• Edinburgh Napier University & Guangxi University of Science and Technology
• The Zhejiang University-University of Edinburgh Institute (ZJE)
• The University of Dundee Joint Educational Partnership with Northeastern University

View the 2023 Awards' official press release here. 

View the official photos from the event here. 

The 5th annual China-Scotland Business Awards recognised and celebrated achievements in trade and investment between Scotland and China. The winners were announced at a special ceremony during the Chinese-Burns Supper on 9th March 2022 in Edinburgh. 

The winners of the 2022 Awards were:

Award for Climate Action

• Sunamp

Entrepreneur of the Year 

• Yuxuan Zhang

Educational Partnership of the Year

• City of Glasgow College / Zhejiang Technical Institute of Economics (ZJTIE)

Chinese Investor of the Year 

• Virens Technology

Exporter of the Year

• Glencairn Crystal

The Lifetime Achievement Award 

• The Principal and Vice Chancellor of the University of Strathclyde, Professor Sir Jim McDonald.  

The full shortlist for the 2022 Awards was:

Award for Climate Action

• Wood
• Arbikie
• Holmes Miller China
• Sunamp

Entrepreneur of the Year 

• Yuxuan Zhang
• Dave Valentine
• Chunli Zhang

Educational Partnership of the Year

• Craigclowan Preschool Xi'an
• Wuhan-Dundee Joint Programme in Architectural Studies
• City of Glasgow College / Zhejiang Technical Institute of Economics (ZJTIE)

Chinese Investor of the Year 

• Loch Lomond China
• Virens Technology

Exporter of the Year

• Logan Energy
• Johnstons of Elgin
• Glencairn Crystal

View the 2022 Awards' official press release here. 

View the official photos from the event here. 

2021's Awards took on a virtual format in response to the pandemic. It remained a lively and exciting event celebrating the best of Scotland-China collaboration. 

Read about 2021's Awards here.

Discover the full 2021 Awards video playlist here. 

Take a look back at the 2020 Awards and Chinese Burns Supper video here.