Four Chinese Cities Join UN Creative Cities Network Qingdao as 'Movie Capital'

through the bridge of "Film Capital", Qingdao will speed up the pace of cultural exchanges with foreign countries, achieve regular exchanges with 72 countries and 180 member cities, gather global creative resources, and enhance the development level of Qingdao's cultural industry.

the Qingdao Municipal Government of Shandong Province recently announced that Qingdao has successfully joined the UNESCO Creative cities Network and become the first "film capital" of our country.

according to reports, after submitting applications to the UNESCO Secretariat for admission, and after several reviews, 64 cities from 44 countries and regions around the world have successfully joined the UNESCO Creative cities Network. Among them, there are four cities in China, namely, Wuhan, the design capital, Qingdao, the film capital, Changsha, the media art capital, and Macao, the food capital.

according to reports, in recent years, Qingdao has played the leading role of key projects such as "Oriental Film Capital," building Qingdao Lingshan Bay Film and Television Cultural Industry Zone, constantly expanding the film and television industry chain, and building modern film and television industry clusters such as film and television investment, film and television production, film distribution, and cinema line management, so as to attract and gather high-quality film and television resources at home and abroad, and strengthen Qingdao's high-end film and television industry. At present, Qingdao Lingshan Bay Film and Television Culture Industry Zone has set up special funds for the development of the film and television industry and introduced policies such as production cost subsidies, which attract a number of films and TV dramas to be filmed in Qingdao every year.

next, Qingdao will speed up the pace of cultural exchanges with foreign countries through the bridge of" Film Capital ", achieve regular exchanges with 72 countries and 180 member cities, gather global creative resources, and enhance the development level of Qingdao's cultural industry.

it is understood that the Global Network of Creative cities was launched in 2004 under the initiative of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The purpose of this study is to examine the creative capabilities of cities in seven areas: folk art and handicrafts, digital art, design, film art, gourmet culture, literature and music, with the aim of promoting the exchange of successful experiences in creative fields between cities. At present, 180 cities from 72 countries and regions have been selected.

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