Jingrui AI Creation Contest
Hujing Entertainment Group (虎鲸文娱集团), with Youku as exclusive screening platform · China (online entry; final review in Beijing)
- Deadline
- Nov 22, 2026
- Entries opened
- Sep 17, 2026
- Prize
- RMB 10,000,000 pool across 265 awards; RMB 2,000,000 top prize (Jingrui Talent Award); 4 Best Original IP awards of RMB 500,000; 20 craft awards of RMB 100,000; 40 awards of RMB 50,000; 200 awards of RMB 10,000
- Tools
- Any AI tool
- Official site
- jingrui-ai-competition.youku.com
Rules that matter
An AI video of at least 10 minutes with a complete original story, plus a story statement of at least 1,000 Chinese characters; no use of existing IP, and the work must premiere with the contest. Any AI tool and any genre is allowed, for individuals or teams.
Good to know
First edition. Timeline on the official site: entries September 17 to November 22, 2026; 265 shortlisted entries published December 10; the top 25 creators attend an in-person final review in Beijing December 16 to 18; awards ceremony in late December (no exact date). The prize tiers on the site add up to RMB 10,000,000. All winners must give the organiser exclusive screening rights until 6 months after the contest ends, and the organiser gets a 3-year right of first negotiation on the top-prize and craft-award works. Press reports add that the video must be 16:9 and at least 1920x1080; the detailed rules page was not read. The site and rules are in Chinese; whether overseas entrants are eligible was not verified. No entry fee is stated.
Sources
Checked Oct 6, 2026. See a date or a result that has changed? Write to [email protected].
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