Cheng Yen - Awards and Recognition

Awards and Recognition

• 1986: Receives the “Huashia Medal of the First Order”in Taiwan.

• 1991: Receives the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership in The Philippines.

• 1993: Conferred Honorary Doctorate Degree by the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

• 1994: Receives Eisenhower Medallion by the People to People International.(PTPI Founded by President Dwight D. Eisenhower)

• 1995: Receives the “Executive Yuan (Cabinet) Cultural Award, Taiwan.

• 1996: Receives the “Interior Ministry’s First Class Honorary Award”in Taiwan.

• 1996: Receives the “Foreign Affairs Medal of the First Order”in Taiwan.

• 1996: Receives the “Huaguang Award of the First Order”in Taiwan.

• 1998: Receives the International Human Rights Award by the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation .(UNPO)

• 2000: Honored with the Noel Foundation Life Award.

• 2001: Received the first“Presidential Culture Award”in Taiwan.

• 2001: Selected as one of 26 “Heroes from Around the World” and featured on the “Wall of Honor” in Philadelphia’s National Liberty Museum.

• 2001: Receives“National Medal of the Second Order” from the President of El Salvador.

• 2001: Conferred Honorary Doctorate in Social Science by Hong Kong University.

• 2002: Receives the“Outstanding Women in Buddhism Award” by World Buddhist University in Thailand.

• 2002: Conferred “Honorary Doctorate Degree in Socio-Cultural Studies” by National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan.

• 2003: Receives the Presidential Second Order of the Brilliant Star Award, Taiwan.

• 2004: Receives the 2004 Asian American Heritage Award for Humanitarian Service by the Asian American Federation of California .(AAFC)

• 2007: Receives the 24th Niwano Peace Prize for Humanitarian Service by The Niwano Peace Foundation in Japan.Introduction Page

• 2008: The WFB Merit Medal from World Fellowship of Buddhists

• 2011: Conferred an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Humanities by the University of the East, Manila, Philippines