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Tan Jing, China's well-known singer, was honored as one of the 2011 China Cultural figures, a prize jointly conferred by the Chinese Culture Promotion Society and Phoenix TV in Hong Kong. Set up in 2009, the title is for honoring outstanding people in preserving and carrying forward Chinese culture to the world.

Invited by Gerhard Heiberg, Marketing Commission Chairman of the International Olympic Committee, Tan hit the stage in London at the Royal Albert Hall in November with a concert that aims to promote the Olympic spirit.

Tan, 34, got famous in China when she became the champion of a popular singing contest in the China Central Television Young Singers Contest in 2000. Tan invented a special singing style by combining popular singing and Chinese ethnic singing.

Tan has performed in many countries including the United States, Japan and Australia. She also performed at the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai and the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games. Besides her singing career, Tan is also enthusiastic in public welfare.