CMG hosts first micro-drama gala

China Media Group (CMG) held its first-ever China Micro-Drama Gala in Yantai City, east China's Shandong Province, on Wednesday, to promote the high-quality development and industry upgrade of micro-dramas.

The event, organized by CMG's Yangshipin platform, the Film, TV and Documentary Center, CMG's Shandong Bureau, and the Yantai Municipal Government, aims to boost the micro-drama industry through innovation, content elevation, and nationwide collaboration.

The gala featured close cooperation with members of the "China Premium Micro-Drama Industry and Full-Screen Matrix Alliance" and officially launched the "China Premium Micro-Drama Showcase Program" to promote and screen outstanding short-form drama content.

Hundreds of industry professionals, ranging from directors and screenwriters to leading actors and producers, gathered in Yantai for the event, which highlighted more than 10 major award categories, including "Micro-Dramas of the Year" and "Actors of the Year."

Among the winning titles for "Micro-Dramas of the Year" were Contenders and My Sweet Home. Awarded as "Micro-Drama Actresses of the Year" were Carman Lee Yeuk-tung from Hong Kong, Xu Yizhen and Sun Yiran, while Hou Jingjian and Wei Zi were honored as "Micro-Drama Actors of the Year."

A recorded broadcast of the event will be released soon across CMG's new media platforms, including Yangshipin.

CMG hosts first micro-drama gala

China will continue to foster and strengthen the space computing industry, according to the country's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).

Space-based computing power refers to deploying computational capabilities in space and using satellite networks to achieve seamless coverage. Compared to traditional land-based data centers, space computing boasts advantages such as real-time on-orbit processing, low-cost energy and wide-area coverage. "Computing satellites can achieve seamless coverage and process data directly on orbit through networks of laser communications. This compresses the data timeliness for scenarios like disaster warnings and resource monitoring from hours to seconds -- a capability land-based computing cannot match," said Xie Lina, deputy director of the Data Center Department, Cloud Computing and Big Data Institute, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology.

The ministry will support relevant departments in actively carrying out forward-looking research on space computing, gradually establish a standard system covering hardware, software, networking, security, and others, and promote the research and development in technologies and products involving satellite-based radiation-resistant chips and inter-satellite laser communication.

China continues to foster, strengthen space computing industry