Film award winners announced

Bowing to the audience before delivering his speech, Li says that he believes this honor belongs to every individual who loves cinema and promises that he will cherish it.

Yu Shi won Best New Actor category for portraying Ji Fa in Creation of the Gods I. Yu said that he had actually worked in the film industry for seven years and during this time he experienced long periods of waiting, repeating tasks that seemed meaningless to some people. Now that he has finally received this award, it is a great honor for him, as well as an encouragement and motivation.

Creative duo Dong Runnian and Ying Luojia took home the Best Screenplay award for their comedy hit Johnny Keep Walking!, a satire exposing the problems facing internet companies. Dong said winning the award, which he has been interested in since childhood, felt like a dream come true.

Initiated under the advocacy of Premier Zhou Enlai in 1962, the awards were the first cinematic honors generated through audience voting in then newly founded People’s Republic of China.