Appendix F: Awards and Recgonitions
Since its public introduction in May 1992, Falun Dafa has attracted over 100 million practitioners worldwide in just eight years. Falun Dafa cultivation emphasizes that one should conduct oneself according to the principle of "Truth-Compassion-Tolerance". Regardless of gender and age, regardless of nationality and race, every practitioner who persistently cultivates his/her heart and practices the exercises has benefited tremendously. Constant diligent cultivation has brought significant changes to many practitioners in both physical conditions and moral values. At the same time, Falun Dafa is gaining worldwide understanding and appreciation, especially in Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America.
Listed below are some awards issued by some local governments in China, Canada and US in recognition of the extraordinary contribution made by Master Li Hongzhi and Falun Dafa to people's mental and physical health. Just as Master Li Hongzhi said in Chicago this June, "a practitioner takes worldly fame lightly. The award has no special meaning to myself; but to Falun Dafa, the meaning of the award is profound. It represents the understanding and recognition of Falun Dafa by human beings and society." He hopes that more kindhearted people will join the path of cultivating Falun Gong.
(Awards and proclamations are coming in every several days as of the day for press, we stopped collecting them into this report because of the limit of space.)
F.1 Proclamation of Falun Dafa Day, the City of Calgary, Canada, (10/29/2000)
F.2 Proclamation of Falun Dafa Day, the City of Arlington, Texas, USA, (10/28/2000)
F.3 Proclamation of Falun Dafa Day, the City of Harlingen, Texas, USA, (10/22/2000)
F.4 Proclamation of Falun Dafa Day, the City of Austin, Texas, USA, (10/21/2000)
F.5 Proclamation of Falun Dafa Day, the City of Galveston, Texas, USA, (10/21/2000)
F.6 Proclamation of Falun Dafa Day, the City of Burlingame, California, USA, (10/19/2000)
F.7 Congratulatory Letter for Falun Dafa Week, the City of Fremont, California, USA, (10/17/2000)
F.8 Recognition of Falun Dafa, the City of Richardson, Texas, USA, (10/16/2000)
F.9 Proclamation of Falun Dafa Week, the City of San Jose, California, USA, (10/16/2000~10/22/2000)
F.11 Proclamation of Falun Dafa Week, the City of Richmond, California, USA, (10/16/2000~10/22/2000)
F.13 Proclamation of Falun Dafa Week, the City of Redwood, California, USA, (10/16/2000~10/22/2000)
F.14 Proclamation of Celebrating the 8th Anniversary of Falun Dafa, City of Foster, California, USA
F.15 Proclamation of Falun Dafa Week, City of San Leandro, California, USA, (10/14/2000~10/21/2000)
F.16 Proclamation of Falun Dafa Day, City of Odessa, Texas, USA, (10/10/2000)
F.17 Proclamation of Falun Dafa Day, City of Rochester Hills, Michigan, USA, (10/12/2000)
F.18 Proclamation of Falun Dafa Week, City of Brownsville, Texas, USA, (10/09/2000~10/16/2000)
F.19 Proclamation of Falun Dafa Week, the City of Windsor, Canada, (10/08/2000~10/14/2000)
F.20 Proclamation of Falun Dafa Day, the City of Sunnyvale, California, USA, (10/05/2000)
F.21 Recognition of Falun Dafa, the City of College Station, Texas, USA, (10/05/2000)
F.22 Proclamation of Falun Dafa Day, City of Castroville, Texas, USA, (09/30/2000)
F.23 Proclamation of Falun Dafa Day, the City of Lubbock, Texas, USA, (09/23/2000)
F.24 Proclamation of Falun Dafa Day, the City of Brantford, Canada, (09/15,2000)
F.25 Proclamation of Falun Dafa Day, Newark, Delaware, USA, (09/09/2000)
F.40 Proclamation of Falun Dafa Day, the City of Stratford, Ontario, Canada, (08/19/2000)
F.41 Proclamation of Falun Dafa Day, City of Uvalde, Texas, USA, (08/19/2000)
F.42 Proclamation of Falun Dafa Day, City of McAllen, Texas, USA, (07/22/2000)
F.43 Proclamation of Falun Dafa Day, City of Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada, (07/20/2000)
F.44 Proclamation of "Falun Dafa Day" by the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA, (07/20/2000)
F.45 Proclamation from the City of Deerfield Beach, Florida, USA, (07/15/2000)
F.46 Proclamation of Falun Dafa Day, City of Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada, (07/11/2000)
F.47 Congratulations from U.S. Congressman in Pennsylvania, USA, (05/17/2000)
F.48 Proclamation from the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania, USA, (05/17/2000)
F.49 Proclamation of World Falun Dafa Day, City of League City, Texas, USA, (05/13/2000)
F.50 A Congratulation Letter from the City of Houston, Texas, USA, (05/04/2000)
F.51 "Falun Dafa Week" in Boone County, Missouri, USA, (01/09/2000-01/16/2000)
F.52 "Falun Dafa Week" in Columbia, Missouri, USA, (12/26/1999-01/01/2000)
F.54 Official recognition by the Mayor of San Antonio, Texas, USA, (11/20/1999)
F.55 "Li Hongzhi Day" and "Falun Dafa Week" in Kearny, New Jersey, USA, (10/25/1999-10/29/1999)
F.56 "Li Hongzhi Day" in Birmingham, Alabama, USA, (10/16/1999)
F.57 "Falun Dafa Day" in Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA, (10/09/1999)
F.58 "Master Li Hongzhi Day" in the City of Edison, New Jersey, USA, (10/09/1999)
F.59 "Falun Dafa Day" in the City of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, (09/18/1999)
F.60 More Commendation for Falun Dafa from New Jersey, USA, (09/09/1999)
F.61 City of Atlanta awards Master Li "Honorary Citizen", USA, (09/03/1999)
F.62 Proclamation of "Falun Dafa Day" in Philadelphia, USA, by Mayor Edward G. Rendell, (08/16/1999)
F.64 "Li Hongzhi Day" in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, (08/13/1999)
F.66 "Li Hongzhi Day" in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA, (08/08/1999)
F.67 Commendation letter from Governor Gray Davis of California, USA, (07/23/1999)
F.68 Mayor Ron Gouzales of San Jose City, California, USA Welcomed Master Li, (07/19/1999)
F.69 Illinois State of USA awarded Master Li Hongzhi, (06/25/1999)
F.74 A Report on the Newspaper Published by the Ministry of Public Security of China, (09/21/1993)