Hangzhou deserves ‘China's Cartoon and Animation Capital’ crown

 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 8 -- The 16th China International Cartoon & Animation Festival was recently held in Hangzhou, capital city of southeast China's Zhejiang Province from Sept 29 to Oct 4.

Many Hangzhou animators are striving to produce first-class original Chinese animation works, which is the source power and firm belief of their animation creation.

Thus, Hangzhou deserves the name of ‘China's Cartoon and Animation Capital’.

A total of 2,680 Chinese and foreign enterprises and institutions from 65 countries and regions worldwide participated in the animation festival's online and offline activities, with 10.12 million people joining the festival online.

According to a statement, nearly 1,000 original animation works sought to win the ‘Golden Monkey King’ Awards competition.

The competition also introduced a venture capital match-making session to promote exchanges and cooperation among animation, cartoons, games, publishing and derivative products, so as to create an industrial ecosystem.

From less than 10 animation enterprises in 2004 to over 300 in 2019, Hangzhou's cartoon and animation community has expanded rapidly in a short span of more than 10 years.

Meanwhile, Hangzhou's animation industry has formed a complete industrial chain, ranging from original content production to animation production and derivative development.

Beginning 2014, Hangzhou has rolled out relevant policies to encourage cross-industry integration and create an economic form that covers the entire industrial chain.

-- BERNAMA