Chinese photographer wins top world food award

China's reputation as an international leader in the world of photography has grown even bigger after Li Huaifeng was crowned overall winner of the prestigious Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year competition for 2021 in London on Tuesday night.

The 10th staging of the competition drew more than 10,000 entries from more than 70 countries, competing in 25 categories, for individual prizes, and then one overall winner.

Li's image, Taste, depicts a young family preparing food together on a warm, sunny day in Licheng, Shanxi province. It won the Food for the Family category and was named the outright competition winner.

He became the second photographer from China to win the competition in the last three years, following in the footsteps of Liao Jianhui, who won in 2019 for his image, Cauldron Noodles, with several categories at the 2020 awards also having been won by Chinese entrants.