On the evening of November 17th, the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) Award, the most prestigious media award in the Asia-Pacific region, held its ceremony. China's anti-pandemic TV drama With You won the highest honor in the TV drama category, overcoming KBS's Youth of May, MBC's Kairos and SBS's Penthouse season 3. This is the first time in nearly a decade the ABU Award has been awarded to a Chinese TV drama.

With You won the ABU Award

With You is a TV drama deployed by National Radio and Television Administration，PRC, which produced for 7 months and reported the times soon after the 2020 pandemic outbreak in Wuhan, China. The 10-unit TV drama is based on real stories from all walks of life, and tells a story of ordinary people who came forward and participated in the national fight against the pandemic.

Prof.Liang Zhenhua served as the scriptwriter of the first unit Inflection of Life, and the co-directors were Zhang Li and Han Xiaojun. The unit focuses on Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital during the first covid-19 outbreak and tells the true story of medical workers such as Director Zhang Dingyu who was suffering from ALS but still overcame all the difficulties and fought against the pandemic in the front line, reflecting the crunch in the immediate and initial fight against covid-19.

On September 29, 2020, With You premiered on six Satellite TVs and three major streaming platforms in China. As of the ending, the arrival rate of the drama was 15.326%, the average comprehensive audience rating per episode reached 1.045%, the rating on Douban was 8.8 out of 10, and related Weibo topics received 1.58 billion views. Since then, the show has been broadcast in more than 200 countries and regions on Tencent WeTV, iQIYI International, Youku, MGTV Overseas, the YouTube official channel of Youhug Media, Disney's Chinese channels and other platforms. It provides subtitles in Thai, Indonesian, English, Chinese Traditional and Chinese Simplified, and has received a warm response in nations like Mongolia and Iran.

Inflection of Life in With You being broadcast overseas

“It’s a story of love, bravery, sacrifice and humanity which resonates with everyone on earth under the pandemic. It is a well-scripted, wonderfully performed and moving drama.” Commented the ABU Juries.