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MCDF Announces Winners of its Inaugural Photo Contest

Beijing, China, 22 January 2026

The Multilateral Cooperation Center for Development Finance (MCDF) announced the winners of MCDF Photo Contest 2025: Connectivity for a Better World on 19-22 January in Beijing.

The winners of MCDF’s inaugural photo contest were selected from the large number of impressive submissions received from across regions. They show how connectivity infrastructure is linking people and markets, improving economic opportunities, and helping to realize greater sustainable development.

The photo contest reflects MCDF’s mission to promote “high-quality” connectivity infrastructure investment through partnerships. View the 6 prize winners below. Please visit the Winners’ Gallery to see these as well as the 12 Honorary Mention recipients and more information about the contest.

Grand Prize (US$1,000 + certificate)
Nicholas Bosoni

Lao PDR-China Railway Line Platform at Luang Prabang Station, Lao PDR
1st Runner-Up (US$750 + certificate)
Johannes Mendoza

International Shipping Lanes at Makassar Strait, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
2nd Runner-Up (US$500 + certificate)
Siana Kazi

Panlong Highway in Xinjiang, China, on the Doorstep of Central Asia
Consolation Prize (US$100 + certificate)
Wenjun Zhang

Connecting the World to Outlying Section of the Great Wall at Li'erkou Village, Shanxi, China
Consolation Prize (US$100 + certificate)
Duong Tien Vu

Oyster Farm at Estuary in Vinh Long Province, Viet Nam, Linking from Neighboring Cambodia
Consolation Prize (US$100 + certificate)
Abhijit Bhatlekar

Enhanced Digital Connectivity in Nalla Sopara, 60 Kilometers North of Mumbai, India

Contact
David Hendrickson
Senior Communications Officer
Mobile: +86 185 0114 6758
david.hendrickson@themcdf.org