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Gro_Harlem_Brundtland1_2007_04_20On 18 June, Gro Harlem Brundtland, a former prime minister of Norway, was awarded the first Tang Prize in Sustainable Development in recognition of her "innovation, leadership, and implementation of sustainable development for the benefit of humanity".

Brundtland, nicknamed the "godmother of sustainable development", chaired the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) from 1984 to 1987. Nobel laureate Lee Yuan-tseh, Chairman of the Tang Prize Selection Committee, honored Brundtland for her leadership on sustainable development that "laid out the scientific and technical challenges for the global community to achieve a better balance of economic development, environmental integrity, and social equality for the benefit of all humanity." Brundtland received a cash prize of NT$40 million (US$1.33 million) and a research grant of up to NT$10 million.

Apart from the Tang Prize for Sustainable Development, another three Tang Prizes were awarded: Former South African judge Albie Sachs won the Tang Prize for Rule of Law; Chinese American historian Yu Ying-shih was awarded the Tang Prize for Sinology; and James P. Allison from the US and Tasuku Honjo of Japan were named joint recipients of the first Tang Prize for Biopharmaceutical Science. The biennial prize, established in 2012 to honor leaders in these four different fields, takes its name from the Tang Dynasty (618-907 A.D.), a period considered to be the height of classical Chinese civilization.

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