Golden Eagle Award (China)

China TV Golden Eagle Award 中国电视金鹰奖
Golden Eagle Award
Awarded for	Excellence in Television
Country	China
Presented by	China Television Artists Association
First awarded	1983

The China TV Golden Eagle Award (Chinese: 中国电视金鹰奖), commonly known in China as the Golden Eagle Awards, is the main national award of the Chinese television industry. The award is often regarded as China's equivalent of the Emmy. The award is presented by the China Television Artists Association. It is considered to be one of the most prestigious television awards, alongside the Feitian Awards and Magnolia Awards. The Golden Eagle Awards are a biennial awards ceremony, held on alternate years with the Feitian Awards since 2005.

Candidates used to be nominated by members of the China Television Artists Association (CTAA) and managers of local television stations. Voting by a nationwide audience would then determine the winner of the award. Each category had three winning candidates, with the one having the highest number of votes clinching the "Best Award" (最佳奖) while the other two would each receive an "Outstanding Award" (优秀奖). If the nominee with the highest number of votes does not win more than 30% of the total share, the "Best Award" will not be given and instead all three nominees each will take an "Outstanding Award".

Since 2000 the awards ceremony has been held in Hunan province, and the awards ceremony has been preceded by the Golden Eagle TV Arts Festival, which was created by Hunan TV. The festival's Most Popular Actor and Actress awards are given at the end of the Golden Eagle Awards after several rounds of online voting.

The "Outstanding Award" for actor and actress categories was renamed to "Audience's Choice for Actor" or "Audience's Choice for Actress", and each category has about one to five nominees winning this award. There are two ballots, one for the nationwide audience and the other for members of the CTAA. The candidate who takes the most number of votes in the CTAA ballot wins the Best Performing Arts Actor or Actress award as well as the Audience's Choice Award, and is crowned Best Actor or Actress. The other candidates only win the Audience's Choice for Actor or Actress award.

In 2016, there was a major overhaul. The documentary and literary arts programme categories were cancelled, and the Best Actors and Actresses only received an Audience's Choice for Actor or Actress statue. The Best Performing Arts Award was given to the nominee who had the highest number of votes from the CTAA panel.