(XINHUA)

Chinese solar-power entrepreneur Huang Ming received the 2011 Right Livelihood Award, also known as the Alternative Nobel Prize, in Stockholm, Sweden on December 5.

"Huang Ming is a global solar entrepreneur showing how business can help overcome the energy and climate crisis," said Jacob von Uexkull, founder of the Right Livelihood Award at the award ceremony.

The first Chinese citizen to receive the prize, Huang founded Himin Solar in 1995 and has been a pioneer in the field of solar energy.

According to the award jury, the Solar Valley that Huang set up in Dezhou, east China's Shandong Province, is a global example for solar as a realistic alternative to fossil fuel and nuclear energy.

Founded in 1980, the Right Livelihood Awards are presented annually to honor and support those offering practical and exemplary answers to the most urgent challenges facing the world today.