Project supports scriptwriters

Bianjubang, a popular internet service that gathers 5,000 Chinese scriptwriters and cooperates with 300 studios, announced on June 19 that it will launch a project to support young talent and may hold a writers' festival in Shanghai.

Bianjubang founder Du Hongjun says the Xiaomao (Kitten) Plan aims to free scriptwriters from unnecessary social activities, since most prefer to stay at home to focus on their work.

Thirty writers will be selected in the first phase and will connect them with film or TV producers.

The writers will have agents, law consultants and other relevant staffers to help them sell their stories, Du says.

He also announced plans for China's Scriptwriters' Festival — the first of its kind in the country — that may open in September.