魏京生先生發表享有盛名的文章「第五個現代化——民主」將近48年了。這也代表著中共奪取政權後中國民主運動已展開了四十八年。
從今天起，魏京生基金會征求2026年第二十三屆「魏京生中國民主鬥士獎」的提名。
2004年12月5日，魏京生基金會宣布將首屆「魏京生中國民主鬥士獎」授予胡石根先生與劉賢斌先生。
2005年，魏京生基金會決定設立」魏京生中國民主鬥士特別獎」，獲獎人為喻東岳；同時決定把第二屆」魏京生中國民主鬥士獎」頒發給吳義龍和陳西先生。
2006年，魏京生基金會宣布林牧（已故）為「魏京生中國民主鬥士特別獎」獲獎人；同時決定郭飛雄和周志榮兩位先生分享第三屆「魏京生中國民主鬥士獎」。
2007年，「魏京生中國民主鬥士獎」獲獎者為從海外回國支持中國自由民主事業的張林和嚴正學先生。
2008年，第五屆「魏京生中國民主鬥士獎」授予1978年西單民主墻的代表劉京生先生。
2009年，第六屆「魏京生中國民主鬥士獎」授予致力於推動中國的自由、包括互聯網自由的民主鬥士黃琦先生和楊天水先生。
2010年，第七屆」魏京生中國民主鬥士獎「授予在監獄裏服12年徒刑的、具有頑強意志的許萬平先生。
2011年，第八屆「魏京生中國民主鬥士獎」授予1976年四五運動的先鋒人物「小平頭」劉迪先生（已故）。
2012年，第九屆「魏京生中國民主鬥士獎」授予勇於突破中共的黨禁封鎖，率先在中共獨裁統治的中國公開申請組織反對黨的浙江民主黨領袖王東海先生（已故）。
2013年，第十屆「魏京生中國民主鬥士獎」授予維權爭民主的中國百姓團結一致、不屈不撓地與中共的獨裁暴政作抗爭的典範：成都「鏈子門」維權事件中的數十名主人公們。
2014年，第十一屆」魏京生中國民主鬥士獎」授予爭取真普選運動的香港人民。
2015年，第十二屆「魏京生中國民主鬥士獎」授予近二十年來不僅僅堅持民主理念，更將其付諸行動的優秀領導者，浙江民主黨人陳樹慶先生。
2016年，第十三屆「魏京生中國民主鬥士獎」授予範寶琳先生，一位難能可貴的中共體制內的叛逆者。
2017年，第十四屆「魏京生中國民主鬥士獎」授予為信仰和良心走上荊棘之路的基督徒：唐荊陵律師。
2018年，第十五屆「魏京生中國民主鬥士獎」授予民主墻以來40年如一日，積極推動中國現代民主與自由的代表人物朱虞夫先生。
2019年，第十六屆「魏京生中國民主鬥士獎」授予香港的陳日君樞機主教。陳日君一向堅定支援香港民主運動與宗教自由，並強烈反對中共幹預教會的傳教活動。
2020年，第十七屆「魏京生中國民主鬥士獎」授予香港蘋果日報、壹傳媒創辦人黎智英先生。他支持在香港與中國大陸的民主自由，並為此付出個人的代價與自由。
2021年，第十八屆「魏京生中國民主鬥士獎」授予張展女士。這也是對所有揭露中共病毒及造成武漢肺炎等疾病的人們的獎勵，並對全球被中共病毒折磨的人們尤其是因此死亡了的數百萬計生命的哀悼。
2022年，第十九屆「魏京生中國民主鬥士獎」授予在三年中共病毒迫害中依然敢於挺身而出的智勇雙全的真男兒：彭立發先生及之後所有參加白紙革命的人們。
2023年，第二十屆「魏京生中國民主鬥士獎」授予代表有良心與卓識，並勇於發出呼喊且指出正確方向的知識份子與精英的許章潤教授。
2024年，第二十一屆「魏京生中國民主鬥士獎」授予傑出的民主領袖並達到了好幾個「第一」的婦女先鋒：藏人行政中央第十六屆內閣的第一位女性安全部部長嘉日卓瑪女士。
2025年，第二十二屆「魏京生中國民主鬥士獎」的獲獎者是中國民運的傑出領導人、幾十年來如一日的陳立群女士。
一年一度的「魏京生中國民主鬥士獎」的目標是對中國的民主運動進行連續不斷的鼓勵與推動，因而其得獎對象以支持與獎勵在中國國內勇於犧牲、堅持中國民主運動的個人與團體為主。頒獎日為每年的12月5日：魏京生先生1978年發表的，享有盛名的文章「第五個現代化——民主」的紀念日。
獎金以某匿名人士所認捐的每年一千美元為底金。我們感謝並希望其他支持中國人權與民主運動人士的積極捐贈。在此，我們向過去所有的捐贈者表示感謝。魏京生基金會是一個在美國聯邦政府註冊的非營利性機構，您的捐款可獲得我們發給的（在美國免稅的）捐款證明。您也可註明是否希望得到我們的公開感謝。
如果您希望為2026年魏京生基金會第二十三屆「魏京生中國民主鬥士獎」提名，請在2026年11月7日午夜（周六，美東時間）前將有關被推薦人的詳細介紹及應獲獎的緣由介紹給我們。最好是以電子郵件的方式聯系。
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我們也希望冀此得到您們進一步的意見與建議。
我們的通訊地址是：Wei Jingsheng Foundation, P. O. Box 15449, Washington, DC 20003, USA。電話是：001-202-270-6980。
魏京生基金會執行主任：黃慈萍
2026年9月19日
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The Wei Jingsheng Foundation Calls for Nominees for its 23rd Annual “Wei Jingsheng Chinese Democracy Champion Prize”
September 19, 2026
December 5 this year will mark the 48th anniversary of Wei Jingsheng writing and publishing his well-known article “The 5th Modernization — Democracy.” On that date, we will make the announcement of the 23rd annual “Wei Jingsheng Chinese Democracy Champion Prize”.
Now, the Wei Jingsheng Foundation is opening the call for nominations for this 23rd annual “Wei Jingsheng Chinese Democracy Champion Prize”. In previous years, the following awards were made:
2004: the first annual Prize went to Mr. HU ShiGen and Mr. LIU XianBin.
2005: WU Yilong and CHEN Xi, with a special award to YU Dongyue.
2006: GUO Feixiong and ZHOU Zhirong, with a special award to LIN Mu (deceased).
2007: ZHANG Lin and YAN Zhengxue, for returning China to directly strive for Chinese freedom and democracy.
2008: LIU Jingsheng, representing the 1978 Democracy Wall generation.
2009: HUANG Qi and YANG Tianshui, for their work and effort to push for freedom inside China, especially Internet freedom.
2010: XU WanPing, who was serving a 12-year sentence in prison, with his indomitable actions and tenacious showing of character we can all learn from.
2011: LIU Di (deceased), in recognition of his leadership in the 1976 April 5 Movement in China.
2012：WANG Donghai (deceased), the leader and the first person who publicly tried to register an opposition party in China under the one-party rule of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
2013: The dozens of activists from the Chengdu “Chain-Gate” rights defending group that united together with relentless struggle against the tyranny with insistence and persistence.
2014: The people who struggle for genuine universal suffrage in Hong Kong.
2015: Chen Shuqing, who not only adhered to the democratic concept, but also worked to put it into action for nearly 2 decades.
2016: Fan Baolin, in an uneasy rebellion within the Communist regime.
2017: Tang Jingling, a Chinese Christian of faith and conscience which led him to embark on a road of thorns.
2018: Zhu Yufu, an active veteran who devoted more than 40 years of his life to the modern democracy movement in China since the Democracy Wall 40 years ago.
2019: Cardinal Joseph ZEN Ze-kiun SDB, for firmly supporting the Hong Kong democratic movement and strongly opposing the Communist interference in the missionary activities and religious freedom of the church.
2020: Mr. LAI Chee-Ying, known professionally as Jimmy Lai, entrepreneur and founder of “Apple Daily” for supporting democracy and freedom, especially freedom of speech in Hong Kong and Mainland China with personal freedom and sacrifices.
2021: Ms. ZHANG Zhan, which is also an award for all those who exposed the CCP virus and the Wuhan pneumonia caused by this virus, and a condolence to the people who have been suffering, especially the millions of lives who have died from the virus.
2022: Mr. Mr. PENG Lifa, and all the people who have participated in the White Paper Revolution since then, for standing up against the suppression of the CCP especially during the 3 years of the CCP virus pandemic period.
2023: Professor Xu Zhangrun, an elite and an intellectual with conscience and insight, who has the courage to call out and point out the right direction for China.
2024: Minister Gyari Dolma of the Central Tibetan Administration, an outstanding democratic leader and a female pioneer who has achieved several “firsts”.
2025: Ms. Chen Liqun, an outstanding leader of the Chinese democracy movement and a dedicated advocate for democracy for many decades.
The Wei Jingsheng Foundation wishes this annual prize to serve as a continued and consistent encouragement to Chinese democracy advocates who have devoted themselves to and contributed to the progress of Chinese democracy, despite the suppression from the Communist government. Thus, the prize is designated mainly for democracy advocators who are inside China.
The annual announcement is made on December 5, the date of publication in 1978 of “The 5th Modernization – Democracy”, by Mr. Wei Jingsheng. This date was a landmark for the Chinese democracy process. The prize was initiated with the encouragement and financial support of an anonymous donor who promised an essential $1,000.00 annually as seed money for it. We encourage more donors to contribute to this award specifically. (Tax-exempt receipts will be provided for your federal tax deduction purposes, as well as your choice of public acknowledgment or anonymity.)
Since the establishment of this prize, the Wei Jingsheng Foundation has received many nominations, and much feedback and encouragement in this regard. We encourage the participation and recommendations from our colleagues and friends as before.
If you have a person or a group to nominate, please send the name(s), the credentials, other possible referrals, methods of communication and other details to us by midnight on Saturday, November 7, 2026 (US Eastern Time). The best way to reach us is via e-mail. The contact e-mail address is: hcp0411wjs@aol.com or HCP@weijingsheng.org. Please send plain text (no attachments and/or embedded pictures) for a timely response.
We look forward to your nominations, as well as your input and suggestions. You may also contact us at the Wei Jingsheng Foundation via other means. Our mailing address is: Wei Jingsheng Foundation, P.O. Box 15449, Washington, DC 20003, USA. Our phone number is: 001-202-270-6980. Thank you.
–Ciping HUANG
Executive Director
Wei Jingsheng Foundation
