The 1st International Forum on Chinese Cultural Industry

Interactive Platform for Culture and Wealth and New Connection between Culture and Wealth

Theme of the Forum: The Development of Global Cultural Industry and the New Wave of Economy
Place: Nanjing in Jiangsu Province
Time: 21-24 May, 2002

Sponsors: Jiangsu Culture and Art Development Fund
　　　　    Beijing Noah Cultural Industry Group,
　　　　    Jiangsu Broadcasting and Television Group,
　　　　    Jiangsu Performing Group,
　　　　    Jiangsu Press& Publishing Group
Special Sponsor: Nanjing Huawei Real Estate Co., Ltd.
Undertaker: Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmacy Co., Ltd
Supporting Units: Jiangsu Propaganda Department,
　　　　　　　　     Social Administration Department of National Radio&Television Bureau,
　　　　　　　　     Industry Department of National Cultural Ministry
　　　　　　　　     Marketing Department of National Cultural Ministry
Media participants: Dozens of Medias have reported this forum in detail. Nearly 500 reports have appeared on various newspapers during the forum. Graphic medias such as People Daily, Overseas Section of People Daily, Guangming Daily, Chinese Culture, China Daily, Beijing Youth, China Youth, People's Political Consultative Newspaper, Xinhua Daily, Nanjing Daily, etc. are involved. Television stations involved are CCTV, BTV and JSTV, etc. China Central People's Broadcasting Station, China International Broadcasting Station, etc. separately reported this forum. The forum is also showed live on Xinhua Net.
Achievements of the Forum：
1、Distinguished Guests：
Over 300 distinguished guests home and abroad have taken part in the forum and nearly 10,000 people have been present at the major forum and 4 other forums on special topics.
Overseas distinguished guests: Nearly 50 guests from foreign countries and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan have attended the Forum, including representatives of Bertelsmann -global top 3 cultural industry group, Broadway, Hollywood and other world renowned companies of the industry. In addition, representatives of the Culture Department of foreign embassies in China and officials from UNESCO have joined the Forum. Mr.Yasuyuki Aoshima, high official of Beijing Office of UNESCO has specially written a congratulation letter to the Forum.
Domestic distinguished guests: Nearly 300 CEOs of famous companies in China and leaders of Culture Departments of different provinces have participated this Forum. Vice Chairman of NPC and Cheng Weisi, expert on venture investment, has been present at the opening ceremony of the Forum and delivered a speech. Almost all the high officials of Jiangsu Province have taken part in the Forum.
2、Achievements of projects：9 contracts have been achieved
Media comments：
1. The whole edition report of China Culture on 25 June,2002
Ⅰ.The current forum is the biggest international forum on cultural industry ever held in China
Ⅱ. Objectively, the 1st International Forum on Chinese Cultural Industry held in Nanjing has profound effect in the history of Chinese contemporary cultural industry. It symbolizes that Chinese folk forces to some extent manage to influence the government as far as cultural industry is concerned. The Chinese culture Industry will take on a new look .This forum has a far-reaching influence. It makes clear that although China has a long cultural history of 5000 years; its cultural industry still stays in its fledgling. So this forum will bring more for people to think. Some avant-gardes in China’s cultural industry have put forward their opinions and set the theoretical base for the further development. In addition, the advanced theories have been understood and accepted by the government. As the watershed for the early development of China’s cultural industry, the forum marks a shift from perceptual exploration to rational growth. Many investors do not feel optimistic about the huge profits any more. They began to analyze the tough future with broad market in a rational way. Capital market has shown its interests in cultural industry. And new investment modes have emerged. Meanwhile, the backward policies on cultural industry are also required to be amended by the changed situation. This forum will be develop into a famous brand, a theoretical base for China’s cultural industry, and will absorb the most advanced international theories of cultural industry. It will lead China’s cultural industry into the international market and help it to absorb more capital.
2、The whole edition congratulations of China Daily overseas section on 3 June, 2002
Message of congratulation from People’s Daily overseas section: May the First Forum of China’s Cultural Industry be successful!
Units sending messages of congratulations:
Xinhua News Agency, China Central Television, People’s Daily overseas edition, Beijing People’s Broadcasting station, Xinhua website, Guangming Daily, China Daily, CPPCC News, China Youth Daily, China Cultural Daily, Economic Observer, Culture Monthly Magazine, Open and Communication, Huawei Real Estate Co.,Ltd, Hengrui Pharmacy Co., Ltd, Jiangsu Yixing Zi sha Technology Factory, Sino-American Trade Organization, Shengtang Investment Co.,Ltd, Jiangsu Branch of Shanghai Art Festival Center, Jiangsu Shengshi Network Media Co., Ltd, Shengshi Asia Movie Theatre, Zhulu Chiyou Cultural Tourist Development Co., Ltd, Chiyou Cultural Research Association, China Calligraphy Record Organization, Beijing Mingying Development Co., Ltd
Brief Survey of Jiangsu Province
Jiangsju Province, whose short form is “su”, is located in East China and occupied the plains of the Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River and Huai River. In the eastern part of the province, the coastline of the Yellow Sea extends as long as over 1,000 kilometers. Jiangsu Province is adjacent to Shanghai on the east, to Zhejiang Province on the north, to Anhui Province on the west and to Shandong Province on the north. It covers an area of more than 100,000 square kilometers, 1.05 percent of the total, with a population of 70,000,000. The population density comes out first in China. Most people are of Han Nationality and some are of Hui Nationality and Man Nationality. It boasts 44 cities and 33 counties. The capital is Nanjing, with other major cities like Wuxi, Xuzhou, Suzhou, Changzhou.
As a relatively advanced province in economy, science and technology and culture, Jiangsu has a long history of agricultural industry and is an important base for commercial food and cotton. Jiangsu is also the original developing place for the national industry. Now it has a comprehensive, large-scale industrial system. Its industrial output value has ranked the first for years in China. In 1992, the provincial GDP was four times of that 1980. And in 1997, it was six times. In 2002, the provincial GDP reached 1063.63 billion yuan, with financial revenue 148.377 billion yuan.