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The Confucius Peace Prize (simplified Chinese: 孔子和平奖; traditional Chinese: 孔子和平獎; pinyin: Kǒngzǐ Hépíngjiǎng) is a prize established in 2010 in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in response to a proposal by business person Liu Zhiqin on November 17 2010. The chairman of the committee said that the award existed to promote world peace from an Eastern perspective and Confucian peace specifically. The winner receives a cash prize of ¥100000 RMB (US$15000).