AD STARS 2019 will be held from 22-24 August in Busan Korea. This year, there are 20,645 entries from 60 countries, up slightly from last year’s 20,342 entries from 57 countries. There were 1,141 entries from China, 5% up from 1,089 in 2018.
2019年度广告之星奖将于8月22日到24日在韩国釜山举行。今年，共有来自六十多个国家的20645个作品参赛，比起去年来自57个国家的20342个参赛作品，有小幅度的增加。有1141个来自中国，较2018年的1089个增加了5%。
AD STARS offers a level playing field for agencies and production companies by virtue of the fact that virtually all of its categories are free to enter. Only the Integrated and Innovation categories have an entry fee attached to them of US$90 per entry.
广告之星为广告公司和制作公司提供了一个公平的竞争环境，几乎所有的奖项类别都可以公平参加。只有综合类和创新类才会收取90美元的报名费。
Of the 20,645 entries received this year, AD STARS once again received the highest number of entries in Outdoor, Print, Film and Design. All entries are now in the running to win two US$10,000 cash prizes, which AD STARS presents every year to its Grand Prix of the Year winners.
在今年收到的20645份参赛作品中，广告之星再次在户外、印刷、电影和设计收到了最多的作品。目前，所有参赛作品都在争取赢得两项价值1万美元的现金奖，广告之星每年都会将这些现金奖颁发给其年度大奖得主。
An international panel of remote jurors will soon begin judging entries to AD STARS 2019 to determine this year’s finalists.
一个由远程评委组成的国际评审团很快将会开始对2019年广告之星的参赛作品进行评审，决定今年的最终入围作品。
From China, Chinese Taipei and Hong Kong there are so far 3 judges on the panel:
评审团中目前有三位评委由来自中国大陆、中国台北和中国香港:
Peggy Hsieh, General Manager MRM//McCann总经理, MRM//McCann judging Direct, Media, Promotion, PR categories,
Peggy Hsieh，MRM//McCann总经理，负责导演、媒体、推广、公关类奖项的评审
Laura Geagea, Managing Director, China / Asia / MENA, Sweetshop judging Film & Video Stars categories,
Laura Geagea，Sweetshop中国/亚洲/中东地区常务董事，负责电影&视频类奖项的评审
Paul Chan, Chief Creative Officer, Cheil Hong Kong judging Design & Print categories.
Paul Chan， Cheil Hong Kong创意总监，负责设计及印刷类奖项的评审
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