The 31st Beijing College Student Film Festival (BCSFF), a part of the ongoing Beijing International Film Festival, concluded on Saturday with the "Youth Night" awards ceremony, where eight major annual awards were presented to outstanding individuals and related works.
Hundreds of guests representing the film industry, academic communities and college students gathered at the China National Opera House to witness the birth of honor.
Among the major awards, "Film of the Year Favored by College Students" went to Creation of The Gods I: Kingdom of Storms. The award was presented by Huang Huilin, founder of BCSFF and senior professor of Beijing Normal University, together with performing artist Niu Ben.
The "Actor of the Year Favored by College Students" went to 50-year-old Zu Feng, leading actor of A Long Shot, and the "Actress of the Year Favored by College Students" went to Jiang Qinqin, leading actress of Dwelling by the West Lake.
Under the theme "Light Gives Birth to All, Films Depicts New Chapters," a slew of activities were held during the festival, including academic and cultural forums and a special program to mark the 40th anniversary of China's Teacher's Day, which falls on September 10.
31st Beijing College Student Film Festival concludes with award ceremony
31st Beijing College Student Film Festival concludes with award ceremony
Over 70 percent of the projects funded by China's additional one-trillion-yuan treasury bonds issued late last year have started construction, according to the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) on Saturday.
So far, 15,000 projects funded by the issued treasury bonds have been implemented, with 11,000, or 72 percent of them having started construction, said Hu He, chief of the General Office of NDRC's Investment Division, adding that efforts will be made to ensure that all the remaining projects will be in construction before late June.
"Among them (the funded projects), those for post-disaster reconstruction have seen rapid progress. Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei have activated 95 percent of these projects, and a batch of post-disaster reconstruction projects for improving the people's wellbeing such as schools, hospitals, water supply facilities and roads, have basically been completed, and are ready for timely use," said Hu.
Late last year, China issued an additional one-trillion-yuan treasury bonds, mainly covering projects of eight key areas including those for post-disaster construction, enhancing north China and other regions' capacity for post-disaster reconstruction, disaster prevention and mitigation, and helping the affected regions restore their basic production and living conditions and economic development to the pre-disaster level.
"The additional treasury bonds issued in 2023 strengthened support for enhancing the capacity for post-disaster reconstruction, disaster prevention, mitigation, and relief, raising the support standards for the projects all at once, thus greatly easing the local government's financial pressure. The measure is both aimed at helping the affected population to restore as fast as possible the normal working and living conditions and enhancing the capacity for disaster prevention and relief in the long run, so as to better protect people's lives and property in the future," said Hu.
China's treasury bonds-assisted civil projects well progressing: official
