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.jpg) The studio of China Film Group inYangsong,Huairou District, Beijing | |
| Company type | Party-owned enterprise |
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| SSE:600977 | |
| Industry | Cinema |
| Founded | February 1999 |
| Headquarters | Beijing ,China |
Key people | Han Sanping, Zhang Qiang |
| Products | Films |
| Parent | Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party |
| Subsidiaries | China Film Animation |
| Website | chinafilm.com |
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| Simplified Chinese | 中国电影集团公司 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 中國電影集團公司 | ||||||||||
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China Film Group Corporation (CFGC) is a Chinesefilm production anddistribution company. It is the largest,[1] most influential film enterprise in the country, owned by theCentral Publicity Department of theChinese Communist Party. According toForbes, it is astate monopoly, producing and distributing films while also regulating all imported films.[2] In 2014, the company was the largest film distributor in China, with 32.8% of the market.[3]
The predecessor China Film Corporation was established in 1949. For 40 years until the end of 1992, China Film Import & Export Corporation was the only film buyer and distributor in China. From 1 January 1993, 16 other Chinese film studios became responsible for distributing their own films.[4] In March 1994, China Film announced that it was willing to enter into revenue sharing deals with foreign distributors rather than buying a limited number of foreign films for a low, flat fee. In September 1994, the first deal with a US studio,Warner Bros. was announced.[5] In 1999, the corporation became known as the China Film Group Corporation.[6] It remained the only importer offoreign films in China and is a major exporter ofChinese films.[7][8]
China Film Group Corporation is involved in a variety of businesses which includefilm and television production,film distribution and exhibition, film importation and exportation, cinema circuit management, digital cinema construction, print developing and processing, film equipment management,film and TV CD production, ancillary products, advertising,property management as well as real estate.[9] China Film Group Corporation partnered withCrest Digital in 2007, building a 15,000 square meter state-of-the-art DVD and CD manufacturing facility outside Beijing.[10]
Along with the China Research Institute of Film Science & Technology, the group createdDMAX, a large-screen film format developed to breakIMAX's large-screen monopoly in China.
For over a decade, China Film Group's subsidiary, China Film Import & Export Corporation, has been the sole government-authorized importer of films.[8] Another CFG subsidiary, China Film Co-production Corporation, is charged by theSARFT to oversee and manage allSino-foreign co-productions.
China Film Group's film and TV production units include: the former China Film Corporation, Beijing Film Studio, China Youth Film Studio, China Film Co-Production Corporation, China Film Equipment Corporation, Movie Channel Production Center, Beijing Film & Video Laboratory and Huayun Film & TV Compact Disk Co., Ltd. The company has an animation division calledChina Film Animation.[11]
TheChina Film Co-Production Corporation (Chinese:中国电影合作制片公司), abbreviated asCFCC, was founded in August 1979.[citation needed]
Each year, China Film Group produces more than 30 feature-length films, 400 TV plays, and 100telefilms.[citation needed] Its films includeThe Warlords,Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon,Kung Fu Hustle,Golden Bear winnerTuya's Marriage, andProtégé.
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| Release date | Title | Produced by | Distributed by |
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| 2002 | Hero | Sil-Metropole Organisation, Elite Group Enterprises, Zhang Yimou Studio, Beijing New Picture Film | Beijing New Picture Film |
| 2007 | Four Little Shaolin Kongfu Stars[12] | Henan Film Studio,China Film Group | Razor Digital Entertainment,China Film Group |
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