If you feel like relaxing, what way would you choose for leisure? I debt you would in no time come up with the idea of watching a movie. Living in a world without cinemas in modern society is hard to imagine. Cinemas reflect culture, economy, and they are also huge industry. The biggest economy China is undergoing rapid development in all aspects, and cinemas are not excluded.
According to UNESCO statistics 2015, the United State ranked the top with highest numbers of 40547 cinema screens. But compared to the United State, China, ranking No.2,also got a high figure, an estimated screens of 31627 totally, which surpassed India, Mexico, France with 11100, 6062 and 5741 screens respectively. The United Stated and India have very deep roots in cinema industry on the grounds of world-known cinema industry Hollywood and Bollywood bringing high profit to the countries.
China is different. Chart shows clearly that the growth of Chinese cinema screens goes up year by year since 2006. And the speed of growth also accelerates as time goes by. Such remarkable achievement results from Chinese rapid development in cinema industry.
total number of screens（2006-2015）
The annual report of Chinese cinema industry 2015 points out that the rapid growth of Chinese industry ever since lays in the push from domestic capital, lower average ticket price, more convenient access to buying tickets through the boom of Apps terminals and more market-inclined popular adaption films.
The UNESCO statistics also shows that, China gets more and more indoor cinemas and the number is not inferior to some developed countries like France, Germany and Italy, who owns well-equipped cinema infrastructures. In more developed country, when people choose to spend more time on cinemas for leisure, they also attach importance to a more private and comfortable space like indoor cinemas to enjoy their recreation time. In the past, China is not that wealthy and cannot afford such high-tech digital equipment. Now, more Chinese would love to choose decent and elegant ways for relaxation. And such demands are viewed as potential industry in many businessmen’s eyes, as a result it grows fast.
Total number of indoor cinemas (2006-2009)
Nevertheless,what should not be overlooked is that the screen and indoor cinemas per 100,000 inhabitants in China are still much lower than other countries. Charts show that in 2015 on average every 100,000 Chinese holds 2.5 pieces of screens while some developed countries like New Zealand, Ireland, and the United State are all more than 10 pieces. China has a large population and though she is undergoing incredible development, yet most people’s demands for leisure are to some extent neglected. According to a recent research, the potential of the Chinese cinema market is still not developed enough and the more target-audience based investment and improvements in related infrastructure are keys to an upper level.
Screen per capita (per 100,000 inhabitants 2012-2015)
According to the statistics from State Administration of Radio Film and Television of China(SARFT), Chinese cinema industry will definitely embrace a brighter future with more investment flowing in and more market-friendly policy supporting by government. In the near future, cinemas and films, a closer friend to you, are going to provide you with even more happiness at your convenience.
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