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The Russian Culture Minister Olga Lyubimova has said that Russia and China are planning to adopt an action plan in collaborative filmmaking and approve specific ideas for co-produced films, saying that “Our goal is to approve specific ideas for co-produced films, which would not only attract a large audience in Russia and China, but will also have high artistic qualities. With administrative support of local agencies, we must approach the production of new films and the increase in commercial and state exchanges.”
She was speaking following a meeting with Shen Haixiong, the Deputy Head of the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party, and President of the China Media Group.
Shen stated that “We highly value the recent open dialogue between the movie business leaders of the two countries and are ready to support the proposals Russia has made.”
Chinese and Russian films are often overlooked in the West due to political issues and cultural differences. However, the Chinese film industry is one of the largest in the world in terms of box office views. Global box office revenues are currently about US$34 billion, with the United States (Hollywood) leading with revenues of about US$10 billion.
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