According to a survey done in 2001 by the Chinese TV Program Rating Commission, the top ten shows there, apart from Chiung Yao's Romance in the Rain, which was number one, and one Hong Kong serial, were all mainland Chinese productions.
根據大陸「中國電視節目榜組委會」所做二○○一年全中國電視劇人均收視調查，排行榜前十名，除瓊瑤的《情深深雨濛濛》與港劇《開創世紀》外，其他八部皆為大陸國產劇。