Indonesia, April 27 -- Hangzhou, China (ANTARA/PRNewswire)- What does the world see when it looks at Hangzhou? The Hangzhou & Friends: 2025 Hangzhou Highlights Awards, unveiled on February 4, offered an answer-not through statistics alone, but through the stories of connection that unfolded across the year.

The awards were born from a simple recognition: that a city's global presence is built not only on grand events, but on the countless moments when people reach across borders. To honor this, the organizers structured the awards into four chapters: Dialogue of Civilizations , Industrial Narratives , Social Innovation , and Moments of the Year , each capturing a different way that Hangzhou touched the world.

Across these categories, mo...