The 2026 Magnolia Awards Ceremony was held on the occasion of the 31st Shanghai TV Festival on Friday night.
In the Chinese TV drama section, "Silent Honor" received the Magnolia Grand Prix. "Swords Into Plowshares" took home both Best TV Series and Best Original Screenplay.
Yu Hewei won Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance in "Silent Honor". Li Xue and Yang Zi were awarded Best Director and Best Actress in a Leading Role, respectively, for "Born To Be Alive".
Dong Zhe and Dong Yong received Best Original Screenplay and Best Actor In A Supporting Role for "Swords Into Plowshares".
Wang He and Chi Peng won Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Actress In A Supporting Role respectively for "The Tale of Rose", while Chai Ran received Best Cinematography for "The Narcotic Operation".
"The Fabulous Story Of Money (China/France)" won the Shanghai TV Festival Special Award.
Both "Chinese Craftsmanship" and "Amazing Night 2" were recognized as Best Variety Program.
In addition, TV drama "Swords Into Plowshares", Variety Program "Amazing Chinese Solar Terms (China)", the documentary "Panda Kingdom (China)" and the animated series "Sheriff Labrador (China)" received the International Communication Award for their global impact.
Established in 1986, the Magnolia Awards is one of China's three major awards for television programs and remains the highlight of the annual Shanghai TV Festival.
Shanghai TV Festival honors best TV shows with Magnolia Awards
A pair of protected common kestrels have turned an abandoned magpie nest on a telecom tower in Beijing's suburban Changping District into an unlikely nursery, offering a rare glimpse of birds of prey raising chicks in a built-up area.
The kestrels, a wild animal species under the second-class state protection in China, settled on the 30-meter-high tower, drawing birdwatchers and residents in the past few days.
Footage filmed by birdwatchers earlier showed an adult kestrel returning from a hunt and landing near the nest, where several fluffy chicks stretched their necks and flapped their wings as they waited to be fed.
The chicks have since shed their gray down and developed brown streaks and markings. They are now practicing flying.
"I basically come here every day now. It is very interesting to watch kestrels raise their chicks. The male bird is responsible for going out to hunt. Upon returning, he hands the food to the female, who feeds the chicks," said birdwatcher Si Shoujun.
"These are the two parent birds. The one on the left is the male, and the one on this side is the female. Today, I captured both of them in the same frame because the male returned to the nest without food. When the female saw that he came back with nothing, she tried to force him to go out and look for food, because there are still three chicks in the nest waiting for feed," Si explained.
Common kestrels are a relatively common raptor species in Beijing and are often seen in green spaces where vegetation is abundant. But nesting and raising chicks in the city's built-up areas is less common.
Beijing is now home to 531 recorded bird species, according to local authorities.
Protected kestrels turn Beijing telecom tower into unlikely nursery
