Shanghai, one of China's main economic centers, has already successfully established a number of creative districts. Following the establishment of 36 creative industry areas last year, the Shanghai Creative Industry Centre held a ceremony on May 20 to mark the founding of a new cluster of such sites. The whole number of creative industry bases in the city now stands at approximately 50.

Although the expression "creative industry" was imported to China not long ago, it was accepted and deployed immediately around the country. And the infant industry is growing up rapidly and along with it a new economic era. 

Since the beginning of the year major cities like Beijing, Nanjing, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Qingdao, Hangzhou, Xi'an and Chengdu have all been involved in setting up their own creative industry zones and have an eye to making such enterprises the new engine for economic development.

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