Chinanews, Beijing, Nov. 15 – According to available information, from January to September this year, China’s animation production had reached 70,000 minutes. It is expected that animation production might reach a new high of 100,000 minutes for the whole year.

 

In recent years, Chinese animation industry has made a great leap forward. From 2004 to 2006, Chinese animation production had increased from 21,800 minutes, 42,700 minutes to 82,300 minutes. In 2006, the national animation production base had made 81 animations, with the total length of these animations reaching 50,000 minutes. These products accounted for two-thirds of the animations produced in China that year.

 

China has set up a basic broadcasting system for its animation works. These animation products are televised on the animation channel, on the children's channel and in animation programs made by central and local TV stations. The animations are also shown in cinemas. The audience rating for animations climbs rapidly year on year. Now the number of audience watching animations has reached 600 million, six times the number when animation works were just broadcast in China.

 

Currently, there are four national animation channels and 33 local children's channels in China. Every day, about 8,000 minutes of animation films are broadcast on TV.