The Badminton World Federation (BWF) revealed the Player of the Year Awards nominees on Thursday. The prestigious awards aim at recognizing the achievements of badminton players and pairs in six categories, including two in Para badminton.

The nominees were selected by the BWF Awards Commission based on their performances throughout the year, including several extraordinary shuttlers from China.

The list includes China's world No.1 mixed doubles pair Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong as well as world No.1 women's doubles pair Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan.

Zheng and Huang returned as nominees for Male Player of the Year and Female Player of the Year respectively for the second year in a row, following their steady performance in 2019 with six titles overall including at the BWF World Championships.

Huang was joined by teammates Chen and Jia, who recently retained the top world ranking and won five titles over the course of the year. Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu-ying was also included.

China's Qu Zimo and Liu Yutong were nominated as Male and Female Para Badminton Players of the Year, respectively.

The winners will be announced at the opening ceremony and gala dinner of the upcoming BWF World Tour Finals in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province.

Here's the full list of nominees: 

Male Player of the Year

Kento Momota (Men's Singles, Japan)

Highlight: Winner – TOTAL BWF World Championships 2019; 10 titles overall

Marcus Fernaldi Gideon/Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (Men's Doubles, Indonesia)

Highlight: Eight titles on HSBC BWF World Tour 2019

Zheng Siwei (Mixed Doubles, China)

Highlight: Winner – TOTAL BWF World Championships 2018; six titles overall

Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan (Men's Doubles, Indonesia)

Highlight: Winner – TOTAL BWF World Championships 2019; three titles and 10 finals overall

Female Player of the Year

Tai Tzu-ying (Women's Singles, Chinese Taipei)

Highlight: Three titles on HSBC BWF World Tour 2019

Huang Ya Qiong (Mixed Doubles, China)

Highlight: Winner – TOTAL BWF World Championships 2019; six titles overall

Yuki Fukushima/Sayaka Hirota (Women's Doubles, Japan)

Highlight: Silver Medal – TOTAL BWF World Championships 2019; four titles on HSBC BWF World Tour 2019

Chen Qing Chen/Jia Yi Fan (Women's Doubles, China)

Highlight: Five titles overall, including Badminton Asia Championships 2019

Eddy Choong Most Promising Player of the Year

An Se-young (Women's Singles, South Korea)

Highlight: Five titles overall, including Yonex French Open 2019

Koki Watanabe (Men's Singles, Japan)

Highlight: Two titles; semifinals at Canada Open and Chinese Taipei Open

Leo Rolly Carnando/Daniel Marthin (Men's Doubles, Indonesia)

Highlight: Winner – BWF World Junior Championships 2019

Kantaphon Wangcharoen (Men's Singles, Thailand)

Highlight: Bronze medal – TOTAL BWF World Championships 2019; semifinals at Indonesia Open

Male Para Badminton Player of the Year

Lucas Mazur (France): 9 gold, 6 silver, 3 bronze medals

Qu Zimo (China): 12 gold medals

Pramod Bhagat (India): 10 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze medals

Dheva Anrimusthi (Indonesia): 9 gold, 1 silver medals

Female Para Badminton Player of the Year

Sarina Satomi (Japan): 8 gold, 1 silver, 5 bronze medals

Liu Yutong (China): 9 gold, 2 silver medals

Leani Ratri Oktila (Indonesia): 12 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze medals

Ayako Suzuki (Japan): 7 gold, 7 silver, 4 bronze medals

Most Improved Player of the Year

Michelle Li (Women's Singles, Canada)

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty (Men's Doubles, India)

Kim So-yeong/Kong Hee-yong (Women's Doubles, Korea)

Praveen Jordan/Melati Daeva Oktavianti (Mixed Doubles, Indonesia)

(With input from Xinhua)