UN Women China and its media partner Netease recently awarded leading women who had given notable contributions to the growing industries in the country, while globally the pain and anger of more than a million people who recently tweeted #MeToo have crowded social media with personal stories of sexual harassment or assault. After Harvey Weinstein, 40 men in the media industry have been accused of sexual misconduct.

Julie Broussard,the China Country Programme Manager of UN Women, delivers a speech at 2017 "Women's Media Award" on Dec. 11, 2017, in Beijing. [Photo / Courtesy of UN Women China]

Fifteen awards were given out to various celebrities, including Gong Linna, Wu Mochou, Ann Hui On-wah, Hui Ruoqi and Ming Xi amongst other women in various categories, such as the "Female Role Model Award," the "Female Breakthrough Award" and other awards. As for male celebrities, Wu Chun, Tengger and Guo Ke received the"Male Role Model Award."

The "Women's Media Award" began in 2011. The awards focus on female role models in every field in China. The theme of this year's "Women's Media Award," "Courage to Fight for Gender Equality," paid tribute to the brave women who are actively pushing for gender equality in all fields.

Ma Leijun, senior project officer of UN Women, Professor Liu Bohong, China Women's University, Zhang Yue, CCTV host, Professor Yin Hong, Tsinghua University, Cai Yiping, famous female scholar, Geng Le, the founder of Light Blue Net and Dou Jing, Editor-in-Chief of Netease Women, screened an impressive list of candidates to select the final winners.

After careful consideration, the 15 awards were presented to Gong Linna, a singer who founded the new Chinese art music, Hui Ruoqi, Olympic champion from the Chinese women's volleyball team, Lan Tian, prototype of the film "Seventy-seven Days", Yan Jinxiu, a world-class tunnel expert, Ann Hui On-wah, a famous female film director, He Qiaonyv, first Chinese female philanthropist, Wang Jinchu, village official, Fan Yusu, female worker writer and Han Liping, an aerospace engineer.

Ming Xi, an international supermodel, won the annual "Female Breakthrough Award" due to her achievements in the fashion, film and television industry in 2017. Wu Mochou, on the other hand, stood out amongst 90s singers and won the "Courage to Fight" Award.

Women and men alike should work together to achieve gender equality. The "Male Model of the Year" awards were presented to Guo Ke, the director of documentary "Twenty Two," and theartist and singer Tengger. Wu Chun, a celebrity dad, won the "Male Achievement of the Year" Award due to his great balance between career and family.

The China Country Programme Manager of UN Women, Julie Broussard, and the Editor in Chief of Netease Media, Tian Hua, gave opening speeches. Julie said, "The Women's Media Award is to add voice of the media to efforts to overcome gender inequality. Media's positive portrayals of women are promoting investments with great returns to the whole society."

Ed Kronenburg, Dutch Ambassador to China, Alejandro Gamboa Castilla, Ambassador of the Sweden Embassy, Marielza Oliveira, UNESCO Chief Representative, foreig nenvoys in China, as well as Guo Jianmei, a well-known lawyer, Liu Zhenyun, a famous writer, Zhang Chengdong, advocate of He for She, presented the awards.

The "Women's Media Award" aimed to promote equal opportunities for women in all sectors by honoring outstanding female role models.

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