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| Park Jin-young, left, and Nichkhun as they attended '2015 Weibo Night' held Thursday at Beijing's Shangri-La Hotel. / Screen capture from YouTube |
Chinese award show "2015 Weibo Night" honored K-pop producer Park Jin-young and singer Nichkhun from boy band 2PM, Thursday.
The annual show, which recognizes celebrities most talked about on China's biggest social network site, Sina Weibo, was held at the Shangri-La Hotel in Beijing. It awarded Park, CEO of JYP Entertainment, "The Most Influential Producer of the Year" and the American-born Thai star "Male God of the Year."
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| Nichkhun gives an award speech. / Screen capture from YouTube |
"I would like to say thank you to my fans all around the world for supporting and loving me," Nichkhun said in his award speech.
"I hope I always make you guys proud. Happy new year."
The show recognized K-pop boy band BEAST, the only K-pop band invited to the event, as Asia's most popular band in 2015.
The show also awarded Lee Kwang-soo, Gary and Song Ji-hyo, stars of Korean TV variety show "Running Man" on SBS that is popular in China.
Some 300 Chinese celebrities from entertainment, business and fashion participated in the event, including actress Fan Bingbing, actor Stephen Chow and Alibaba Group executive chairman Jack Ma.
