Trophies for the eighth annual CCTV-MTV Music Awards were bestowed on outstanding Chinese pop stars at the Exhibition Theater in Beijing on Thursday night.

Taiwan pop king Jay Chou was crowned this year's Outstanding Artist in Asia, allowing JJ Law to win the Most Popular Male Singer award. 　

Last year's Outstanding Artist award went to Tsai Qin, a performer who's been famous in China for the past 20 years. 

Jay Chou said he felt deeply honored by the award.

"I hope I have a positive influence on young generation. And I hope you all give more support to Chinese music, and show less of a craze for Japanese and Korean music. So I've written many Chinese-style songs and I'm glad to see more musicians are following suit. " 　

Chinese mainland singer Jin Haixin finally received the Most Popular Female Singer, six years after her first album was released. 

Twins easily took the Most Popular Singing Group award, with no strong competition. 

Joey Yung, Eason Chan and Angela Chang were the other big winners.

(CRI October 13, 2006)