1. The Sprouting Chinese Cartoon Industry

The animation industry has been nicknamed the sunrise industry of the 21st century, with its cartoons, online games, mobile phone games and multimedia products. At the beginning of this June, China held its First International Cartoon Festival in Hangzhou, the capital city of Zhejiang Province, one of China's major bases for cartoon production. During the festival, the future of the Chinese cartoon industry has become a focal point.
From CNR.com

2. China to extend ban on foreign cartoons

February 26th, 2008 | aggregate, policy
According to Xinhua News Agency (see website of China Daily), China’s State Administration of Radio, Film and Television bans all foreign cartoons from 5 to 9 p.m. in order to promote domestic product.
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(Below could give some information to understand why SARFT issued the ban on foreign cartoons)
Chinese cartoons hurt by imports
February 28th, 2007
Filed under: Film, TV and radio, Art and animation � Joe @ 11:56 am

The Shanghai Daily mentions a report from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Social Sciences Academic Press which claims that the native Chinese animation industry is being damaged by imported cartoons, primarily from America and Japan, with ‘by-products’ from such cartoons (I suspect from the context they mean sales of merchandise tied to the cartoons) accounting for 80% of the sales for ‘cartoon-derived products’ in China. The influx of overseas work has also had a knock-on effect on Chinese animation which, it is claimed, is losing its own cultural identity as Chinese animated films like “Butterfly Lovers” adopt styles and plots from forgeign works; looking at this still from the “Butterfly Lovers” which resembles (to me anyway) a rather poor imitiation of Disney’s “Mulan” they might have a point on that score.

The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television banned foreign cartoons from prime time broadcast slots in September to help protect the native products. Given the Far East is actually where an awful lot of ‘Western’ animation is produced these days I’m wondering how much of this report is true and how much is a knee-jerk reaction to the perceived dubious influences of foreign cartoons corrupting Chinese youth (especially considering China’s less than shining record on censorship and media control). It might also be argued that native Chinese animation needs to embrace more influences from around the world if it is to be successful with audiences outside its homeland and such protective measures may do more harm than good in the long run.
(from Forbidden Planet Blog)

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