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2.13Culture,SportsandEntertainment
Key Take-aways in about US$9 billion in the same year. China now
ranks first in the world in book publishing, TV
China’s cultural industry is embracing series production and broadcasting. As the world’s
a golden era of fast second largest film market, China also has the
development. largest number of film screens. The report also
showed that, between 2012 and 2018, the number
The museum-building boom in China has cities of different types of book publications rose from
outdoing each other with impressive architectural 414,000 to 519,000 and the number of periodical
projects—but funds for programming are lacking. types increased to about 10,139. From 2015 to 2017,
Meanwhile, art districts are being destroyed in China produced a total of 4,499 original plays, and
Beijing. the number of performances staged by art groups
nationwide raised from 2.1 million to 2.9 million. The
Trump delayed tariffs on Chinese goods until cultural industry has become increasingly important
December 2019—but not for art and antiquities. A in national economy. China saw 522,100 newly
new 10 percent tax came into force at the beginning registered cultural enterprises in 2018, an increase
of September 2019 and applied to all works of 6.9 percent from the previous year, said Luo. The
originating from China, regardless of where they are number of cultural firms reached 3.09 million by
imported from. the end of 2018, accounting for 8.9 percent of the
total businesses across the country, Luo added. The
China’s citizens are increasingly discovering added value of the Chinese cultural industry totaled
active sports for themselves. Running, skiing, 3.47 trillion yuan in 2017, accounting for 4.23 percent
snowboarding, everything is being tested—and the of GDP, up 12.8 percent from the previous year.
government supports its citizens wherever possible. More people were involved in the booming industry.
According to the government’s national fitness plan, In 2017, nearly 21.4 million people were employed
one billion Chinese will be practicing sports by 2020. in the cultural industry, compared with some 8.73
million in 2004. China also sees growing cultural
New censorship rules are affecting almost all trade. The total foreign trade volume of cultural
media including the internet, films, books, television products and services reached 137 billion U.S.
and the printing of maps. dollars in 2018, up 8.3 percent from 2017, according
to Luo. Copyright export grew from 9,365 items in
Background 2012 to 13,816 items in 2017, and sales revenue of
China-developed online games in overseas markets
A 2019 report on cultural industry development reached US$9.59 billion in 2018, up 15.8 percent
submitted to the Standing Committee of the from 2017 (Xinhua, Positive Momentum).
National People’s Congress claimed the cultural
industry has been making increasing contributions Cultural Industry
to the country’s national economy, and proved itself
as a new engine to the economic growth. China Official data claims China’s cultural industry is
produced over 1,000 movies in 2018, and a total of robust. The combined revenue of companies in the
323 TV series were finished producing and granted sector rose 8.3 percent year on year to reach 1.98
distribution licenses. The country’s box office raked trillion yuan (294.25 billion US dollars) in the first
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2.13Culture,SportsandEntertainment
Key Take-aways in about US$9 billion in the same year. China now
ranks first in the world in book publishing, TV
China’s cultural industry is embracing series production and broadcasting. As the world’s
a golden era of fast second largest film market, China also has the
development. largest number of film screens. The report also
showed that, between 2012 and 2018, the number
The museum-building boom in China has cities of different types of book publications rose from
outdoing each other with impressive architectural 414,000 to 519,000 and the number of periodical
projects—but funds for programming are lacking. types increased to about 10,139. From 2015 to 2017,
Meanwhile, art districts are being destroyed in China produced a total of 4,499 original plays, and
Beijing. the number of performances staged by art groups
nationwide raised from 2.1 million to 2.9 million. The
Trump delayed tariffs on Chinese goods until cultural industry has become increasingly important
December 2019—but not for art and antiquities. A in national economy. China saw 522,100 newly
new 10 percent tax came into force at the beginning registered cultural enterprises in 2018, an increase
of September 2019 and applied to all works of 6.9 percent from the previous year, said Luo. The
originating from China, regardless of where they are number of cultural firms reached 3.09 million by
imported from. the end of 2018, accounting for 8.9 percent of the
total businesses across the country, Luo added. The
China’s citizens are increasingly discovering added value of the Chinese cultural industry totaled
active sports for themselves. Running, skiing, 3.47 trillion yuan in 2017, accounting for 4.23 percent
snowboarding, everything is being tested—and the of GDP, up 12.8 percent from the previous year.
government supports its citizens wherever possible. More people were involved in the booming industry.
According to the government’s national fitness plan, In 2017, nearly 21.4 million people were employed
one billion Chinese will be practicing sports by 2020. in the cultural industry, compared with some 8.73
million in 2004. China also sees growing cultural
New censorship rules are affecting almost all trade. The total foreign trade volume of cultural
media including the internet, films, books, television products and services reached 137 billion U.S.
and the printing of maps. dollars in 2018, up 8.3 percent from 2017, according
to Luo. Copyright export grew from 9,365 items in
Background 2012 to 13,816 items in 2017, and sales revenue of
China-developed online games in overseas markets
A 2019 report on cultural industry development reached US$9.59 billion in 2018, up 15.8 percent
submitted to the Standing Committee of the from 2017 (Xinhua, Positive Momentum).
National People’s Congress claimed the cultural
industry has been making increasing contributions Cultural Industry
to the country’s national economy, and proved itself
as a new engine to the economic growth. China Official data claims China’s cultural industry is
produced over 1,000 movies in 2018, and a total of robust. The combined revenue of companies in the
323 TV series were finished producing and granted sector rose 8.3 percent year on year to reach 1.98
distribution licenses. The country’s box office raked trillion yuan (294.25 billion US dollars) in the first
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