Dandong, a city in Northeast China, signed up a cooperative framework agreement with South Korean partners to establish an industrial coalition for animation and software outsourcing on August 17.

The project, Sino-South Korean (Dandong) Animation and Software Outsourcing Industrial Coalition, was witnessed by delegates from the Animation Artist Association, Children TV Station and professional animation production companies of South Korea. Animation artists from China's service outsourcing cities, including Shanghai, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Dalian, Shenyang and Changchun cities, as well as experts from Shanghai Art Film Studio and Shanghai University spoke highly of the partnership.

The coalition is co-sponsored by the South Korean Animation Artist Association, Dandong Chenghao Multimedia Production Co Ltd and the Industrial Technology Research Institute of Liaoning (Dandong) Instrument and Meter Industrial Base.

Dandong Chenghao Multimedia Production Co Ltd and FINE Co Ltd from South Korean also signed a cooperation agreement on the same day.

The Sino-South Korean (Dandong) Animation and Software Outsourcing Industrial Coalition will set up an animation and software outsourcing industrial base in Dandong. The two sides hope to establish more cooperation in animation products design, marketing, production to find a new industrial cluster in Dandong and to create an influential and competitive industrial base in Northeast Asia.

The coalition will send Dandong on a fast track to developing the city's animation industry.

Edited by Chen Zhilin and Tania Lee