Wednesday, September 27, 2006

2006 grand ceremony of Hallyu's popularity in China

On the evening of 24th September, 2006, the “2006 grand ceremony of Hallyu's popularity in China” was held in the golden grand hall of the ‘Great Hall of the People’ in Beijing. Nearly 200 guests, including leaders from both China and South Korea, celebrities from private enterprise, financial markets, renowned entrepreneurs, entertainers and the media.

The vice president of the 9th National Consultative Conference Zhao Nanqi delivered the opening speech. The former vice minister of Foreign Affairs, a representative of the Ministry of Asian Culture, the head of the South Korean tourism and others were among the attendees. The evening was broadcast live from Sina.

The evening was carried out in an auspicious and cheerful atmosphere, there were 25 awards including:

* “The top 30 most influential figures”
* “The top 10 most influential brands”
* “The top 10 most popular TV/movies”
* “The top 10 most popular entertainers”
* “The top 10 most popular singers”
* “The top 10 most popular songs”

The winners were: Hyundai, Samsung electronics, Kumho Asiana group, Asiana Airline, Lotte, SM, H.O.T of SM entertainment, TVSQ, Shinhwa, Super Junior, N.R.G, Bae Yong Joon, An Seung Ho, Jang Woo Hyuk, Jang Seo Hee and Chae Yeon.

The 12 members of the well known S Korea band Super Junior accepted their award on stage and expressed their gratitude to the fans in China for their support. Managing agencies of TVSQ, BOA, Kanta, Jang Woo Hyuk and N.R.G accepted awards on behalf of the celebrities. Bae Yong Joon and An Seung Ho could not be present due to schedule clashes. They also delivered their speeches via their respective agencies in S. Korea.

The voting started from 7th of July 2006 to 31 July and attracted one million voters from more than 20 different countries and regions such as China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, S. Korea, Japan, Singapore and USA. Voting was limited to once per IP address and the same mobile number can only vote once. There were over 15 million votes collected over the net and SMS, achieving the highest voting record in China. At the same time, in order to guarantee the security of the process, the voting was using the net as their evaluation basis for the first time.
  
This event, has the themes of
* "strengthening cultural exchange between China and S Korea,
* promoting economic development between China and S Korea,
* broadening the friendship of Chinese and S Korean people and
* the co-prosperity of China and S. Korea".

The event was run by the Association of economic development of China and S.Korea (part of Department of Foreign Affairs), the Bureau of Statistic and Economic Development Committee of China and S. Korea, Tian Yi creation and Design, Model Media and many other sponsors. Proundly supported by China Central TV, Hunan Satellite, Eastern Satellite, Beijing TV, ShanXi Satellite, HuaYu Satellite, Sina and nearly a hundred other authorized broadcast bodies. The events were divided into 8 different ceremonies, with 25 series such as ‘Influential’, ‘Impression’, ‘Enterprise’, ‘Entertainment’, ‘Music’, ‘Sports’, ‘Imaginary’ and ‘Games’ .

link: http://ent.sina.com.cn/s/j/2006-09-24/20291261609.html
credits: sina entertainment news + vignette of s-shinhwasarang.net

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

woot woot! go shinhwa!! ^^

oh yeah..doesn't super junior have 13 members?? o.O lol

Flor said...

yeah, they have 13 members. too many for me.