近日，由中央电视台纪录频道与中国高校影视学会联合主办的2011首届“青春中国——大学生纪录短片征集计划”颁奖典礼①于在北京举行。
The awards ceremony for the first "Youth China--College Students' Mini-documentary Plan" was held on December the eighth in Beijing. The activity was jointly hosted by the CCTV Documentary channel and Chinese College Association for Visual Art.

首届“青春中国——大学生纪录片征集计划”于2011年9月24日正式启动，历时一年，全国29个省、市、自治区的100所高校师生积极参与②，征集了2000多个选题，200多个入围选题提交了影像作品。
The project began on September 24, 2011 and lasted a year. College students from 29 provinces, cities and autonomous regions participated in the event. More than 200 documentaries were selected from 2,000 films由国内影视著名学者、知名纪录片导演组成的评委会根据每部作品的思想性、专业性、创新性，在入围作品中最终评选出评委会大奖、最佳③导演奖、最佳剪辑奖、最佳摄影奖等各奖项。
The panel of judges included famous Chinese movie and TV scholars and documentary directors. Prizes were awarded for several categories, including best director, best editing and best film.

央视纪录频道总监刘文在发言④中说，“青春中国”活动是中国电视业界和传媒学界的一次密切联动，为中国影视创作人才储备进行了一次有效⑤发掘与探索⑤。
Liu Wen, Director of the CCTV Documentary channel, delivered a speech at the awards ceremony. He said the activity helped create Chinese film and TV professionals and involved close interaction between Chinese TV and other media.

Notes to the Words:
①典礼:n. ceremony
②参与:v. participate
③最佳:adj. best
④发言:n. speech
⑤有效:adj. effective