Original title: China’s film development plan released by 2025, the number of screens will exceed 100,000 Source: Securities Times.com
Recently, the National Film Administration released the “Fourteenth Five-Year Plan for Chinese Film Development” (hereinafter referred to as the “Plan”). The plan proposes that by 2035, my country will become a film power and the high-quality development of Chinese films will be achieved. In order to achieve this goal, the plan clarifies the main development tasks of my country’s film industry box office, the total number of screens, and the proportion of domestic box office during the “14th Five-Year Plan” period.
Further expansion of scale
Looking back over the past ten years, my country’s film industry has developed rapidly. The plan points out that during the period from the 12th Five-Year Plan to the 13th Five-Year Plan, my country’s film development has achieved fruitful results. The tasks identified in the “Outline of the Development Plan for Chinese Film 2011-2020” were successfully completed.
The specific manifestation is the steady increase in film output, more diversified types and styles, and a significant improvement in creative quality. In addition, the number of screens in my country has steadily ranked first in the world, the box office of movies has leapt to the forefront of the world, the team of film talents has continued to grow, and the film industry has reached a new level.
The plan released this time first clarifies the scale of development of my country’s film industry in the next few years. The plan proposes that by 2025, the total number of movie screens in my country will exceed 100,000, and the distribution of the structure will be more reasonable.
In December 2018, the National Film Administration issued the “Opinions on Accelerating the Construction of Films and Promoting the Prosperity of the Film Market”, which stated that by 2020, the number of cinema screens in urban cinemas across the country will reach more than 80,000.
In 2020, under the impact of the epidemic, new domestic theaters will be greatly affected, but the total number of screens will continue to grow. According to statistics from the National Film Administration, as of the end of September 2021, my country has a total of 80,743 screens, 14,235 theaters, and the number of film screens has successfully exceeded 80,000.
According to the new development goal, after deducting the theaters that may be closed, the average number of new screens in my country will exceed 5,000 per year in the next four years. For participants in the existing film market, this is both a challenge and a huge development opportunity.
In terms of movie output, the plan proposes to focus on the release of about 10 excellent and popular movie masterpieces every year. Correspondingly, by 2025, the comprehensive income of my country’s movies will increase steadily, and the number of domestic movies with a box office of over 100 million yuan each year will reach about 50, and the annual box office share of domestic movies will remain above 55%.
Lighthouse data shows that in 2018 and 2019, my country has 42 and 44 domestic films with a box office of more than 100 million yuan, respectively, which is not far from the target. In terms of the box office structure, in recent years, domestic films accounted for more than 55% of the box office. From 2019 to 2021, domestic films accounted for 62%, 80.6%, and 78%, respectively.
High-quality industrial development
In addition to the scale of development, the plan puts forward higher requirements for the quality of my country’s film development during the “14th Five-Year Plan” period. The plan pointed out that during the “14th Five-Year Plan” period, my country’s film development is still in an important period of strategic opportunities, and Chinese films must unswervingly follow the path of high-quality development.
To improve the quality of the development of the film industry, we must first prosper film creation and production, build a high-level film market system, and develop and expand the main body of the market; secondly, we must accelerate film technology innovation and upgrade film public services; in addition, we must strengthen the construction of talent teams and improve management and services. level.
In terms of film creation, the plan points out that it is necessary to implement the quality improvement project of domestic film creation, strengthen innovation in film scripts, directors, and performances, strengthen guidance and subsidies for the creation of excellent domestic films, and create masterpieces of film.
A high-level market system is essential to the development of the film industry. At present, the concentration of my country’s film industry is at a low level. The scale of theaters and theaters is small, and the ability to resist risks is weak. Since the epidemic, many small and medium-sized theaters have fallen into crisis.
The plan proposes to deepen the reform of the film distribution and projection mechanism, support the merger and reorganization of theater companies, promote asset-linked theaters to occupy a dominant market position, and significantly increase industry concentration. This may mean that in the future market competition, the leading theaters will have a greater advantage.
In terms of talent development, the plan proposes to implement a group of film talent training projects, such as the film master tutor system, the new Chinese film power plan, and the support youth excellent film production plan. Improve the quality of film talent training, discover and cultivate a group of outstanding young film screenwriters, directors, actors, etc.
In recent years, the attendance rate of theaters in my country has continued to decline. The plan also looks forward to the technology and service level of the film industry, and proposes to support the development and upgrading of theaters, improve the viewing experience and service quality, and increase theater attendance, single-screen box office revenue and comprehensive operating income.
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