Editor's note:

The 8th China Beijing International Culture & Creation Industry Expo (ICCIE) will open at the China

International Exhibition Center, on Nov 6, in Beijing, with more than 100 activities, exhibitions, forums,

summits, trade promotions, and creative events.

Visitors take pictures of craft from around the world during the 8th China Beijing International

Culture & Creation Industry Expo on Thursday. The expo runs through Nov 10. [Jiang Dong/China Daily]

What they think

>>> Producers reveal their plots for film success

"Chinese cities haven't done enough to attract film crews. Most of the favorable policies or subsidies just attracted the film enterprises to locate or be stationed there but offer no following support for the actual filming."

-- Wang Changtian, president of Beijing Enlight Media Co

"The current priority should be to focus on shooting good movies for our own domestic audiences. China's box office will hit $3 billion this year. It is expected to exceed the North American market within five years."

-- Xie Fei, director and professor at the Beijing Film Academy

Numbers

120 billion yuan

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of deals were signed

1.2 million

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participants

Artists see big picture in CBD's art zone

By China Daily

When Jin Yiting set out to open a studio in Beijing, making and selling her

handmade kesi artwork, she planned to choose an old warehouse on the

outskirts of the capital which would not cost too much.

However, she set up shop in a glamorous business district where sharp

suits, rather than paint-stained artists' smocks, are more in fashion.

Jin opted for the Langyuan Vintage Creative Art Zone, which is located in

Guomao, the Central Business District of Beijing. >>

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Corridor a hit with creative industries

An artist demonstrates claysculpture on the 8th China Beijing International Culture & Creation Industry Expo on

Thursday. The expo runs through Nov 10. [Jiang Dong/China Daily]

What they say

"Beijing boasts a rich Olympic legacy with many cutting-edge sports facilities and infrastructure that can help land another Games.But the potential of those venues hasn't been fully realized yet."

-- Zhang Qing, founder and CEO of

sports consulting company Key-Sports

"The business model based on Olympic tourism is sustainable for five years, and then the Olympic venues in Beijing should start to reinvent themselves."

-- Lin Xianpeng, sports industry professor at

Beijing Sport University

"Most of the stadiums in foreign countries benefit from lucrative title sponsorships. But major stadiums in China cannot take the name of a sponsor because the venue represents the national image."

-- Chen Shaofeng, vice-president of the Institute of

Cultural Industries at Peking University

"We expect that income from related-business marketing and event-hosting could catch up and exceed the tourism earnings in the near future."

-- Xiang Jun, deputy general manager of the

National Stadium

Culture expo helping sports join the service industry

By cityofbeijing.gov.cn

There will be a sports exposition in Hall No.8A of the China International Exhibition Center as part of the 9th China Beijing

International Cultural and Creative Industry Expo (ICCIE), taking place this month. >>

Taiwan cultural and innovative brand to appear at ICCIE

By cityofbeijing.gov.cn

The China International Cultural and Creative Industry Expo (ICCIE), from Nov 6-10 in Beijing, will receive a cultural boost from a Taiwanese ethnic minority group as they showcase their handiwork and agricultural products.

The "Tribe Sales" brand, set up in Taipei, serves as a cultural platform for the Taiwanese ethnic minority group, as it aims to become a connection between the production of the tribe and the exterior markets. The products under this brand are all handmade with fashionable and aesthetically pleasing elements. >>

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ICCIE adding some exotic flavor to its exhibits

Cultural Relics & Museum Show highlights culture innovation

By cityofbeijing.gov.cn

The Cultural Relics & Museum Show, located at the No.1 pavilion of the China

International Exhibition Center, are well prepared for the exhibition at the China Beijing

International Cultural and Creative Industry Expo (ICCIE), from Nov 6-10 in Beijing.

The show includes four themed exhibition areas: the museum exhibition, the antique artistic work exhibition, the ICCIE derivatives exhibition, and the exhibition for science and technology.

It is the first time the exhibition for science and technology has been set up in the museum during the ICCIE. The exhibition will display the achievements of the cultural relics museum during recent years of Chinese culture and industrial innovation. >>

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Museums look to innovation for future

Cultural relics back to China for being showed at ICCIE

Culture industry expo plans to expand venues around Beijing

By cityofbeijing.gov.cn

This year, the China Beijing International Cultural and Creative Industry

Exposition (ICCIE) expects to provide more than 30 cultural and creative

activities at smaller venues around the capital, during its grand 5-day event

starting Nov 6.

These activities cover everything from performances to exhibitions fort visitors in some art zones and cultural zones of Beijing, such as the Star Theater and Liulichang (colored glaze factory) in the Xicheng district, a famous antiques market, Panjiayuan in the Chaoyang district, and other events in the Dongcheng, Haidian and Daxing districts. >>

Culture industry expo set to open

By cityofbeijing.gov.cn

The 8th China Beijing International Culture & Creation Industry Expo (ICCIE)

will open at the China International Exhibition Center, on Nov 6, in Beijing, with

more than 100 activities, exhibitions, forums, summits, trade promotions, and

creative events.

This news comes from a press conference in Beijing on Oct 28, where it was explained that the expo is a site for integrating resources, capital, business opportunities, and trade cooperation for the country's culture and creation businesses, all of which have tremendous possibilities. >>