The Baichuan Literature Award was a literary award known as the " Chinese Literature and Media Award." The award was given by China to commend outstanding Chinese literature creators and promote the development and prosperity of Chinese literature. The Hundred Rivers Awards were divided into many categories, including literature awards, novel awards, poetry awards, prose awards, translation awards, etc. The literature awards were divided into annual awards and lifetime achievement awards. In addition to the literature awards, there were also film awards, including screenplay awards, film director awards, best actor awards, and so on. The winners of the Hundred Rivers Prize covered many different fields of literature, including novels, poems, essays, and translation. The award had a high reputation and influence in China and even around the world. It was known as the "Oscar" in the Chinese literary world.