BEIJING, Oct. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- iQIYI, Inc.
(NASDAQ: IQ) ("iQIYI" or 'the Company'), an innovative
market-leading online entertainment service in China, announced that its original series
The Bad Kids won the "Best Creative" award (the "Award") at
the 2nd Asia Contents Awards. The Awards is organized by
the 2020 Busan International Film Festival was held in Busan, South Korea on October 25. Rong Zishan who was featured in the
TV show won the "Newcomer Actor" award. Other drama series that
were nominated for the award of "Best Creative" include Netflix's
Crash Landing On You, JTBC's The World of the Married
and Taiwan CTV's Someday or One Day. The Bad Kids
became the first Chinese TV series to win the award of "Best
Creative" at the Asia Contents Awards.
The Bad Kids is a 12-episode suspense drama produced
and released by iQIYI in 2020. During its run in China, the show produced 216 trending hashtags
on Weibo and received a WeChat index of 26.13 million. The Bad
Kids was rated 9.2 out of 10 by over 200,000 people on Douban,
an influential Chinese social media platform known for its movie
and TV show reviews.
The Asia Contents Awards is an international film and television
award that is presented by the Busan International Film Festival. The Awards
recognizes outstanding Asian content from TV, OTT and other diverse
platforms that have been released in the past year from
14 Asian countries, as well as talented producers, writers and
actors in the Asian film and TV industry.
Mr. Sunshine, a drama series directed by South Korean
screenwriter Kim Eun-sook, was last
year's recipient of the Best Creative award of the Asia Contents
Awards. The series became the highest-rated Korean cable drama in
TVN's history with an 8.9 rating and scored a 8.9 on Douban in
China. iQIYI's original suspense
drama The Bad Kids winning this year marks a new milestone
of Chinese drama series' entrance into the global market. Led by
iQIYI, Chinese streaming platforms are increasingly capable of
producing original productions of international standards. This
represents a growing phenomenon of Chinese productions 'going
global'.
"On behalf of iQIYI, the creators and the crew, I would like to
thank the jury, for the honor and affirmation given to The Bad
Kids," said Dai Ying, Vice President
at iQIYI who heads up the company's original drama
division at the awards ceremony. "It has a unique perspective, and
we are trying to bring new ideas of this type. It will be our
privilege if you can remember the three little children who came
into our world and inspired us to thinking in this summer. Thank
you for everyone's love for this show."
At this year's award, iQIYI was shortlisted for eight
awards nominations in total through two of its original
series – The Bad Kids and Sword Dynasty. The Bad
Kids was nominated for "Best Asian TV Series", "Best Design
Technology Achievement", "Best Creative", "Newcomer Actress"
(Wang Shengdi), "Newcomer Actor"
(Rong ZiShan) awards. Meanwhile, Sword Dynasty landed "the
Best Technology Achievement Award" and "the Best Actor Award"
(Li Xian). Among all streaming media
platforms, iQIYI was shortlisted for the largest number of award
nominations.
As China's leading streaming
media platform, iQIYI is committed to producing high quality of
content and innovating content formats such as drama series and
variety shows. So far, a significant number of iQIYI original
series such as Tientsin Mystic, Burning Ice, Tang
Dynasty Tour, The Thunder, The Golden Eyes and The
City of Chaos have won numerous awards at overseas festivals
such as The New York International Television Film Festival, the
China-U.S. Television Film Festival and the Seoul International
Television Festival. iQIYI is dedicated to making more
international viewers feel the unique charm of Chinese film and
television works through its diversified and high-quality
entertainment content.
About iQIYI, Inc.
iQIYI, Inc. is an innovative market-leading online entertainment
service in China. Its corporate
DNA combines creative talent with technology, fostering an
environment for continuous innovation and the production of
blockbuster content. iQIYI's platform features highly popular
original content, as well as a comprehensive library of other
professionally-produced content, partner-generated content and user
generated content. The Company distinguishes itself in the online
entertainment industry by its leading technology platform powered
by advanced AI, big data analytics and other core proprietary
technologies. iQIYI attracts a massive user base with tremendous
user engagement, and has developed a diversified monetization model
including membership services, online advertising services, content
distribution, live broadcasting, online games, IP licensing, online
literature and e-commerce.
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