Chinese Excellence - the jury

Elodie Bourgeois was born in Barcelona into a trilingual environment. She studied at the International Lycée Français de Barcelona (Spain) and graduated in Hispanic Philology and Modern French Letters at the University of Nanterre (France). She began her professional career at Fragments Editions, specializing in Art and Design.
In 1999, she obtained a Masters in Edition (Barcelona), and worked as a freelance translator, proofreader, and interpreter for various companies and museums (Macba Museum, Tàpies Foundation, among others).
In 2000, she joined Editorial Juventud, one of the most relevant independent Spanish publishers in Barcelona, where she is currently in charge of the children's and youth department, publishing more than 60 titles a year.
She attends all international fairs, and she’s always looking for talented authors and illustrators. She has participated in many international encounters and taken part in round tables (Salon du Livre de Montreuil, Congreso Iberoamericano de Lectura y literatura infantil y juvenil, Fil Guadalajara, Bologna Book Fair, etc.)
In 2017, she took part at the creation of ¡ALBUM! which organizes cultural events for children related to children’s books and aims at facilitating access to books to children of all social backgrounds.

Chen Hui, PH.D, professor of Chinese literature at Beijing Normal University. During the past 20 years, she has published various scholarly publications and articles. She has been devoted to the creation and research of children's picture books, writing 48 of her own and translating many English picture books into Chinese. Her major works include Chinese Picture Book Creation: Theory and Practice (2020) and A Reading Guide to Children's Picture Book (2021).
She has also edited several books in this field including Picture Books for Infants (2018). Her experience in the field has also led to her being invited to judge numerous picture book awards, both domestic and international, including CCBF Golden Pinwheel Young Illustrators Competition 2020, BIBF Illustrators Exhibition 2024, the Chinese Picture Book Times Award and the World Illustration Awards 2020, Biennial of Illustrations Bratislava 2023. She is also a member of the Children’s Literature Committee of the China Writers Association.

Øyvind Torseter (1972) is one of Norway’s leading illustrators, cartoonists, and picture book authors. He has written and illustrated numerous critically acclaimed and award-winning books, and he has also collaborated as an illustrator and co-author with other writers. He has received around 55 awards, honours, and grants, including the Bologna Ragazzi Award, Prix Jeune Albert, the Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize, the Premio Andersen, the Critics’ Prize, the Ministry of Culture’s awards six times, and the Brage Prize.
His books have been translated into over 20 languages. 

Jiang Xun is a highly respected scholar, aesthetician, and writer from Taiwan, China. Born in Xi'an and raised in Taiwan, he is a versatile intellectual accomplished as a painter, poet, and author. He is widely admired for his lifelong commitment to popularizing aesthetics.

Tian Zhongli is the President of Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication. As a distinguished professor and doctoral supervisor, he holds significant positions in the art community, including Director of the Illustration and Book Binding Art Committee of the China Artists Association and Vice Chairman of the Beijing Artists Association.