The annual Beijing Pop Music Awards ceremony was held for the second time on Tuesday.

Dubbed the most distinctive of mainland award ceremonies, it rewards the authorship of songs. This niche criterion attracted many stars to attend the ceremony, in addition to all of the nominated singers.

Furthermore, attendees were treated to live performances from Xu Wei and Zheng Jun.

From various tightly-fought categories, JJ Lin Junjie walked away with the highest number of awards - five - and pop duo Yu Quan with four. Super girl champion Li Yuchun won three awards. And Zhang Liangying was awarded honours as best female singer.
 
Best singer-songwriter awards were given to Wang Zheng and Kenji Wu Kequn, while others, such as Angela Zhang Shaohan, Fish Leong, Wang Zheng and The Flowers also received recognition.

(CRI January 24, 2007)