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      China's 2024 summer box office surpasses 9.3 billion yuan

      2024-08-13 22:33 Last Updated At:23:17

      China's box office revenue for this year's summer movie season, which spans from June 1 to Aug 31, had surpassed 9.3 billion yuan (about 1.3 billion U.S. dollars) as of 16:18 Monday.

      The top three films leading the box office chart are blockbuster comedy "Successor", crime thriller "A Place Called Silence” and drama "Moments We Shared".

      The summer moviegoing period is the longest single screening season on the Chinese mainland. In 2023, the summer box office totaled 20.6 billion yuan (about 2.88 billion U.S. dollars).

      In addition to watching the latest movies, moviegoers in Nanchang City, east China's Jiangxi Province, can also invite friends or join online groups to request special screenings of previously released films at local cinemas.

      "Some less popular or classic films are rarely shown in cinemas, but we can still watch these classics through this customized service," said Deng Di, a local resident.

      Since the customized service was launched in March 2023, it has been implemented at more than 4,000 cinemas, with 15,000 screenings of 66 films required by moviegoers. Besides movies, recorded operas and dramas were also screened at over 300 screening venues in 24 cities during the just-concluded 2024 NCPA (National Center for the Performing Arts) International Opera Film Exhibition, which ran from May 20 to July 31.

      "We brought some of our own operas, dance dramas, and modern plays to the cinema. This year's exhibition had the largest scale and the highest film presentation quality, with relatively high attendance rates," said Sun Di, deputy director of the film and television program production department of the NCPA.

      China's 2024 summer box office surpasses 9.3 billion yuan

      China's 2024 summer box office surpasses 9.3 billion yuan

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      Transformation, upgrading of China's manufacturing investment accelerates in 2024

      2025-01-20 22:37 Last Updated At:23:07

      China in 2024 saw a faster transformation and upgrading of investment in manufacturing industry, a strong growth of investment in high-tech industries, and a rebound of investment in infrastructure construction, according to the latest data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Saturday.

      The investment in manufacturing industry grew by 9.2 percent compared to the previous year, or six percentage points higher than the growth rate of overall investment. In particular, investment in technological upgrades of manufacturing industry increased by eight percent, or 4.8 percentage points higher than overall investment growth.

      Private investment in manufacturing grew by 10.8 percent, driving up overall private investment by 5.3 percentage points.

      The structure of investment continued to optimize. Investment in high-tech industries rose eight percent compared to the previous year, which was 4.8 percentage points higher than the growth rate of overall investment. In particular, investment in high-tech manufacturing grew by seven percent, and that in high-tech service industry grew by 10.2 percent. Investments related to high-tech industries, such as aerospace equipment manufacturing and professional technical services, increased by more than 30 percent.

      In 2025, China plans to moderately increase central government budgetary investments, issue ultra-long-term special treasury bonds and local government special bonds, and enhance efforts to support projects for implementing major national strategies and building security capacity in key areas, as well as implementation of large-scale equipment upgrades and consumer goods trade-in programs, with the aim of stimulating private investment activity through various measures, effectively leveraging government investment to drive social investment, improving investment efficiency, and promoting steady growth in investments.

      Transformation, upgrading of China's manufacturing investment accelerates in 2024

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