38th Golden Rooster Awards winners announced, 'Her Story' bags three awards

Winners of the 38th Golden Rooster Awards were announced Saturday evening at the closing ceremony of the China Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival 2025 held in Xiamen, east China's Fujian Province.

The best actress honor went to Song Jia, the protagonist of Her Story, which also features Zhong Chuxi, who was awarded the Best Supporting Actress on Saturday as well.

Her Story also grabbed the Best Feature award, becoming the biggest winner at this year's ceremony.

The best actor award went to Jackson Yee for his performance in the film Big World.

Chen Sicheng and Dai Mo won the Best Director award for Detective Chinatown 1900.

The animated blockbuster Ne Zha 2, which shattered many box office records in Chinese film history and now ranks as the fifth highest-grossing movie of all time globally, bagged the Best Animated award.

Italian feature film There's Still Tomorrow seized the award for best international film. "Chinese cinema has made many explorations in genre innovation. In documentaries, works like Hotline Beijing not only reflect the changes and progress of contemporary Chinese society, but more importantly, they have also been recognized by audiences," said Yin Hong, vice chairman of China Film Association.

The documentary Hotline Beijing spotlights the 12345 public service hotline and how Beijing responds to public complaints, offering a window into China's urban governance experience.

Besides the awards ceremony, the film festival hosted a public-benefit program in Xiamen. At a community courtyard in Haicang District that blends Minnan farming culture with film art, filmmakers presented soundtrack performances and scene dubbing, while local residents staged heritage shows.

Launched in 1981, the Golden Rooster Awards is sponsored by the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the China Film Association.

38th Golden Rooster Awards winners announced, 'Her Story' bags three awards

38th Golden Rooster Awards winners announced, 'Her Story' bags three awards

38th Golden Rooster Awards winners announced, 'Her Story' bags three awards

The operational efficiency of Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in south China's Guangdong Province has greatly improved following the launch of a new terminal and a new runway one month ago.

The airport officially put into operation its Terminal 3 and fifth runway on October 30, making it China's first civil airport to operate five commercial runways.

Terminal 3 features a range of self-service facilities, including check-in kiosks, automated baggage drop systems, and smart security screening equipment, which have greatly streamlined passenger processing.

Since its opening, five airlines have shifted their domestic operations to Terminal 3, which now handles an average of 158 flights and about 26,000 passengers daily.

"Compared with Terminal 1, both the number of staffed counters and self-service kiosks of Terminal 3 have increased significantly, greatly reducing the average check-in time for passengers. For domestic direct flights, the entire check-in process can be completed in a minimum of one minute," said Shi Mengyao, a staffer with the ground service department of the Guangdong branch of China Eastern Airlines.

Beyond efficiency improvements, the terminal also includes an observation deck that offers travelers panoramic views of the airfield.

"Since its opening, the observation deck attracts over 3,000 visitors per day on average, with total visits exceeding 100,000 to date," said Luo Li, deputy general manager of a terminal management company at Baiyun International Airport.

The airport's expansion also marks another step toward building a world-class airport cluster in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

"The airport's expansion not only consolidates the Greater Bay Area as an aviation hub connecting China with the world, but also helps lower logistics costs within the area, promote the free flow and efficient allocation of economic resources, and enhances the area's capacity for global resource allocation," said Li Jing, chief planner with the Guangdong Provincial Department of Transport.

New terminal, runway boost operational efficiency of airport in Guangzhou