Weekly snapshot of Chinese cultural news

China's TV drama industry begins to resume operation

China's TV drama industry, which has been dormant for months due to the COVID-19 outbreak, is resuming work and production in an orderly manner.

Many major film and television program production centers have reopened their studios.

The National Radio and Television Administration will support the creation of TV series with themes of the country's fight against COVID-19 and poverty reduction this year.

Box office revenue of China's performance industry exceeds 20 bln yuan in 2019

China saw a total box office revenue of over 20 billion yuan (around $2.84 billion) in the performance industry in 2019, up 7.29 percent year on year, said the Beijing Daily, citing data from a newly released report.

On the whole, the growth of revenue from performance markets including theaters, vocal concerts and tourism performances outpaced that of the film market in 2019, said the report on the development of the country's performance industry in 2019.

The box-office earning from theaters hit 8.4 billion yuan, making it the largest contributor to the whole box office in the industry.