I. To implement children's traffic safety awareness, the preliminary round of the "23rd Ho Tai Motor National Children's Traffic Safety Painting Competition," co-hosted by Ho Tai Motor Co., Ltd. and Chun Ching Social Welfare Foundation, is now open for registration.

II. Preliminary round submission methods:

(1) Please fill out the registration information on Google Forms first:https://forms.gle/JzqBggzFr5ZKEys87

(2) Mail the artwork via registered post to Chun Ching Social Welfare Foundation.

From now until March 24, 2023 (Friday), postmark date will be the standard. Late submissions will not be accepted.

III. Competition Theme: "Raise Your Hand to Cross the Road Safely."

IV. Competition Format

Preliminary Round:

General Group: Divided into three age groups: lower, middle, and upper elementary grades. 50 participants from each group will advance to the finals.

Special Needs Group: Divided into three age groups: lower, middle, and upper elementary grades. In each group, 3 participants will receive the "Special Excellence" award, 5 will receive the "Excellence" award, and 10 will receive the "Honorable Mention" award.

Finals: On-site theme, judging, and award ceremony (Participants who qualify for the finals but cannot attend will not be replaced).

General Group: In each age group (lower, middle, and upper elementary grades), 3 participants will receive the "Special Excellence" award, 10 will receive the "Excellence" award, and 37 will receive the "Honorable Mention" award.

Special Needs Group: No finals. Award-winning students from the preliminary round are invited to the award ceremony.

V. Awards

I. General Group

Divided into three age groups: lower elementary (grades 1-2), middle elementary (grades 3-4), and upper elementary (grades 5-6). In the finals, the following will be selected from each group:

Special Excellence (3 winners): Each will receive a cash prize of NT$8,000, a certificate, and a picture book.

Excellence (10 winners): Each will receive a cash prize of NT$5,000, a certificate, and a picture book.

Honorable Mention (37 winners): Each will receive a cash prize of NT$3,000, a certificate, and a picture book.

II. Special Needs Group

(I) Individual Awards:

Divided into three age groups: lower elementary (grades 1-2), middle elementary (grades 3-4), and upper elementary (grades 5-6). In the preliminary round, the following will be selected from each group:

Special Excellence (3 winners): Each will receive a cash prize of NT$8,000, a certificate, and a picture book.

Excellence (5 winners): Each will receive a cash prize of NT$5,000, a certificate, and a picture book.

Honorable Mention (10 winners): Each will receive a cash prize of NT$3,000, a certificate, and a picture book.

(II) Encouragement Award:

To encourage students with special needs, all participants will receive a certificate. Participants in the Special Needs Group must submit a copy of their "Disability Certificate" or "Physician's Diagnosis Certificate" along with their artwork. Submissions without proof will be processed as general participants.

III. Class Popularity Award:

To encourage full class participation, the class instructor should collect and submit registrations collectively. The first 1000 participating classes will each receive a set of children's books.

1. Only classes from elementary schools are eligible for this award.

2. Each class only needs to submit one Class Popularity Award registration form; failure to do so will result in disqualification. Each artwork must also have a personal registration form attached to the back to be eligible for individual awards.

3. Participation must include more than half of the total class enrollment (based on the Ministry of Education's statistics for student enrollment in the 111th academic year).

Download blank registration form:https://reurl.cc/X5gYk3 Please fill out the paper registration form in block letters and attach it to the back of your artwork.

For more details, please visit the Chun Ching Foundation official website:https://www.chun-ching.org.tw/charity/competition/639