The top 10 world figures of the year

Editor's note: The following is the 2010 People of the Year selected by experts and scholars at the World News Forum 2010 hosted by Guangming Daily, one of China's leading newspapers, in Dongguan, Guangdong province, earlier this month. The results were released on Sunday.

David Cameron

Head of the UK's Conservative Party accepted the nomination of Queen Elizabeth II as the UK Prime Minister on May 11, ending the 13 years' administration of the Labour Party. Cameron, at the age of 43, is the youngest prime minister in the UK history since 1812. This new prime minister has to cooperate with the Liberal Democrats to form a majority alliance in the Parliament as agreed.