(CFP)

Chinese director Wang Xiaoshuai was named Director of the Year at the annual conference of the Chinese Film Directors' Association held on January 13 in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province. The title was conferred on Wang for his latest film Chongqing Blues.

Wang, 44, is a prominent member of China's sixth generation of moviemakers who entered filmdom at the turn of the 1990s and are known for telling the stories of ordinary people.

His first work, The Days (1993), is the only Chinese-language movie to make the BBC-compiled list of the top 100 greatest-ever films.

Wang's international honors also include two Silver Bear awards at the Berlin Film Festival for Beijing Bicycle (2001) and In Love We Trust (2008) and a Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival for Shanghai Dreams (2005). In February 2010, he was made a Chevalier of the French Order of Arts and Letters for his contributions to international cinema.