Renowned writer and Tsinghua Professor Ge Fei has won the 9th Mao Dun Prize for Literature; the award was announced on August 16th.

Altogether five works have won the prize, including The Jiang Nan Trilogy by Ge Fei; Zhe Bian Feng Jing by Wang Meng; Sheng Ming Ce by Li Peifu; Fan Hua by Jin Yucheng; and Huang Que Ji by Su Tong.

The Mao Dun Prize for Literature, one of China's top literary awards, has a history of more than 30 years since its inception in 1982. The year's collection of work starts on March 15 and ends on April 30, with 252 novels meeting the qualifications for appraisal, around 70 more than last year. With no more than five prizes being awarded, this year’s competition is described as the most brutal ever.