BEIJING, Oct. 10,
2024 /CNW/ -- The 2024 Shanghai Digital Cultural
Industry High-Quality Development Conference was recently held
in Xuhui District of Shanghai, discussing industry development and
pointing future for digital entertainment ecology development.
Themed "new ecology of digital entertainment, new future of
culture", the event witnessed the launch of China (Shanghai) digital entertainment industry index
composed by China Economic Information Service (CEIS) under Xinhua
News Agency, providing tools for tracking and measuring local
industry innovation and development.
The cultural and creative industry in Shanghai Xuhui boasts
solid foundation and complete ecological chain and has produced
high-quality works such as "Genshin Impact" and "Arknights"
appealing to both domestic and overseas gamers, experts noted at
the event, adding that the district is expected to take lead in
cultural product refinement and internationalization, and build
itself a model in digital economy and traditional culture
integration.
It is learned that Xuhui has hosted well-known game developers
such as Tencent, NetEase, miHoYo,
Hypergryph, and Lilith Games that
cover high value-added core processes such as game development,
distribution, and operation. Revenue of key game companies in the
district totaled 75 billion yuan in
2023, nearly half of Shanghai game
industry's total.
Xuhui District has already formed a cultural and creative
industry cluster consisting gaming, esports, advertisement,
communication, art design, film and television entertainment,
according to Zhao Yi, head of Xuhui
publicity department.
Next, the district will further consolidate competitiveness in
resource supply, industry growth drivers, brand influence and
cultural service to build itself into a R&D center, global
distribution center, innovation and value extension center as well
as a high-quality development service platform, Zhao noted.
China's digital culture
industry shows strong momentum in recent years, said Zhang Yijun, first deputy director with China
Audio-video and Digital Publishing Association (CADPA), noting that
the sector is rising to become a new growth driver for digital
economy development with the emerging of new cultural consumption
scenarios and business formats.
Guided by Shanghai publicity
department, the event was hosted by Xinhua News Agency Shanghai
branch, CEIS, Xuhui government, Lingang Group with support from
game publication committee of CADPA.
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