A list of 10 well-wishing text messages have been selected as the best of all for the upcoming Spring Festival, and the top runner is an item featuring a pig, and five-member mascots of the Beijing Olympic Games.

The 10-day selection campaign, launched and organized by a host of mass media organizations based in Beijing, is the first of its kind. It drew participation of 680,000 people from provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions across the Chinese mainland.

The top ten best text messages were chosen by a specially appointed 20-member panel from about 100,000 items of text messages and the result was announced on Thursday night.

Top of the 10 best well-wishing text message list, which is said to be sent by 25-year-old Kang Kai, a salesman, blends good wishes of good luck, longevity, bumper harvest, more friends, fulfillment of dreams, good health in the year of pig with five Fuwas, the mascots of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

In accordance with the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, the year of 2007 will be the Year of Pig, and the Spring Festival, lunar New Year's Day, will fall on February 18.

(Xinhua News Agency February 16, 2007)