The 37th Hundred Flowers Awards kicked off on Friday in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu, where nine awards will be given out of 15 nominated films.
The three-day event consists of six main activities, including the opening ceremony, nominee recognition ceremony, forum and screening.
The results of the award-winning films will be announced on Saturday night. Nine awards, including best film, outstanding film, best screenplay, best director, leading actor/actress, supporting actor/actress and best young star, will be selected from 15 hot films in one year, including Home Coming, Chang An and Article 20.
During the event, the city's public can watch films for free in cinemas and open-air venues after booking through the mobile application.
Founded in 1962 as a national literary award, the Hundred Flowers Award for Popular Cinema is the oldest major award in the Chinese film industry.
37th Hundred Flowers Awards opens, 9 awards to be announced
China's development of green industries and the country's initiative of building a unified national market have made steady progress over the first three quarters of 2024, according to the data published by the State Taxation Administration on Sunday.
The tax data highlighted that the development of green industries has gathered pace in Jan-Sept, reflecting a resilient and diversified economic landscape.
Sales revenue in the ecological protection and environmental governance sectors surged by 11.4 percent, while the green technology services sector, including renewable energy and energy-saving solutions, witnessed a growth of approximately 20 percent. As China's broader strategy has continued emphasis on transition toward a more sustainable and innovative paradigm, sales in the clean energy sector, including solar, wind, and hydropower, maintained a rapid growth.
The transportation and logistics sector also registered faster growth, with sales revenue rising by 10 percent year on year. In particular, the growth in multimodal transport and freight forwarding services saw increases of 33.5 percent and 11.3 percent, respectively. The transportation sector in Sept alone experienced a 10.6 percent growth.
Moreover, interprovincial sales volume rose by 2.5 percent, outpacing the overall growth rate of national enterprise sales revenue by 1.1 percent, reflecting a steady progress in building a unified national market.
China on April 10, 2022 unveiled guidelines for accelerating the building of a unified national market, envisioning breaking local protection and market fragmentation and unblocking key sticking points that weigh on economic circulation, as part of a wide-ranging push for an effectively regulated, fairly competitive and fully open market across the country.
China’s green industries, unified national market initiative make steady progress: data
China’s green industries, unified national market initiative make steady progress: data
