Weekly snapshot of Chinese cultural news

The following are highlights of China's major cultural news from the past week:

-- China warns of cultural relics protection amid floods

China's National Cultural Heritage Administration has required more efforts to protect cultural relics against floods as heavy rainfall has lashed large parts of southern China since June.

Relics departments and museums across the country are asked to make contingency plans to prevent relics and rare trees from being destroyed by floods and geological disasters, according to a circular issued on Friday.

-- Chinese drama "The Bad Kids" tops TV ranking for 4th week

"The Bad Kids," a suspense drama that has been an internet sensation in China following its release about three weeks ago, remains the most popular Chinese-language TV series on review platform Douban.

Available on online streaming platform iQiyi from June 16, the show has topped the Douban weekly popularity ranking for Chinese-language TV series for the fourth consecutive week.

On Thursday, "The Bad Kids" scored 8.9 points out of 10 based on more than 600,000 reviews on Douban.

-- Online voting starts for annual China Film Directors' Guild awards

Online voting started Monday for members of the China Film Directors' Guild (CFDG) to nominate candidates for the guild's 2019 awards from a preliminary list of 25 selected films.

A list of nominees for the awards in six categories, namely the best director, film, actor, actress, emerging director and screenwriter of the year, will be formed based on results of the voting set to run until July 31, according to a CFDG announcement via social media Monday.