Wuxi to become city of digital film and television

Wuxi CCTV Film and Television Base becomes a famous tourist attraction with over 2 million visitors from home and abroad every year. [Photo/IC]

Wuxi city in East China's Jiangsu province has been promoting the integration of business travel and tourism in recent years, aiming to build itself into a city of digital film and television.

Wuxi is a great city for cultural trade, owning over 8,600 cultural industry corporate units and having witnessed rapid growth in 2018 in the film and animation, digital industry, information network, industrial design and tourism sectors.

In 1987, Wuxi was one of the first film and television location filming bases in China. Each year, over 50 film and television works were made at the Wuxi CCTV Film and Television Base.

Later the shooting base became a famous tourist attraction with over 2 million visitors from home and abroad every year, setting a good example for Chinese film and tourism industries.

Wuxi National Digital Film Industrial Park, also called Wuxi Studios, has become a local up-and-coming filming and post-production base for a new generation. [Photo/IC]

In recent years, Wuxi National Digital Film Industrial Park, also called Wuxi Studios, has become a local up-and-coming filming and post-production base for a new generation.

With a 12,000-square-meter studio workroom, the largest in Asia, it has helped attract the highest caliber media companies to this small corner of East China.

Supported by the National Supercomputing Center in Wuxi and other world-famous companies, such as BaseFX, Asia's largest post-production company, Wuxi Studios occupies a prominent position in the field of post-production.

Wuxi government also released a five-year plan in 2016 to attract more domestic and international cultural companies to settle, offering benefits on rent, taxes and project clearance.

During the 2019 Tai Lake Film & Culture Industry Investment Summit on May 30, "Jiangsu Film Industry Innovation Experimental Zone" and "Jiangsu Film and Game Copyright Trade (Wuxi) Base" were officially unveiled, marking the next ambitious step in the province's film and television industry plans for Wuxi Studios.

The "Jiangsu Film and Game Copyright Trade (Wuxi) Base" is unveiled during the opening ceremony. [Photo by Lyu Yihan/chinadaily.com.cn]