Chinness Book of Records approved
Source: Xinhua |
August 7, 2010, Saturday
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CHINA now has its own version of Guinness, the iconic record of records: "Chinness." The word was derived from Chinese and Guinness, and it has been officially approved by China's State Administration of Industry and Commerce.
"The trademark application took three years for verification and SAIC's three-month announcement period," said 46-year-old Zhang Dayong, the founder of Chinness.net.
Zhang set up the website in 2003. Since then, it has assessed about 500 individual applications for records, of which 300 have been recognized as "China's Best."
"I got the idea and started to work on the Chinese version of Guinness in 1989. My mother and younger brother helped me collect back numbers of old newspapers to help me sort through the information about Chinese records," said Zhang.
He said Chinness is a certification body for accrediting Chinese records, set by Chinese or set in China.
"If Guinness is like the Olympic Games, Chinness is like China's National Games," explained Zhang.
"It is a pity many interesting record-setting events were not recorded in a form like the Guinness Book of Records," he said, explaining his motive for setting up the website.
Zhang was born in 1964 and he has been disabled since childhood, working while lying on his back. He worked as a part-time correspondent for Luoyang Daily before he completely lost his ability to walk in 1991.
The Chinness website records feats such as the man who did 43 push-ups in 41 seconds with only one right thumb and two legs.
"The trademark application took three years for verification and SAIC's three-month announcement period," said 46-year-old Zhang Dayong, the founder of Chinness.net.
Zhang set up the website in 2003. Since then, it has assessed about 500 individual applications for records, of which 300 have been recognized as "China's Best."
"I got the idea and started to work on the Chinese version of Guinness in 1989. My mother and younger brother helped me collect back numbers of old newspapers to help me sort through the information about Chinese records," said Zhang.
He said Chinness is a certification body for accrediting Chinese records, set by Chinese or set in China.
"If Guinness is like the Olympic Games, Chinness is like China's National Games," explained Zhang.
"It is a pity many interesting record-setting events were not recorded in a form like the Guinness Book of Records," he said, explaining his motive for setting up the website.
Zhang was born in 1964 and he has been disabled since childhood, working while lying on his back. He worked as a part-time correspondent for Luoyang Daily before he completely lost his ability to walk in 1991.
The Chinness website records feats such as the man who did 43 push-ups in 41 seconds with only one right thumb and two legs.
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