The 2023 Work Conference on the Development of National Culture and Tourism Industry was held in Suzhou on March 28. Fifteen industrial parks from all over the country including Malanshan Video Cultural and Creative Industrial Park were recognized as national cultural industry demonstration zones.
It was the sixth national title claimed by the Malanshan Video Cultural and Creative Industrial Park. Previously, Malanshan was honored as national radio and television industrial park, China's demonstration base for innovation and entrepreneurship, national demonstration base for integration of culture and technology, and national copyright demonstration zone. And it was among the seventh batch of new overseas Chinese innovation and entrepreneurship bases of All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese.
In recent years, Malanshan Video Cultural and Creative Industrial Park has kept the goal of making innovations on the basis of tradition and adhered to the people-centered cultural creation. Creations by enterprises in the park have won more than 90 international, national and provincial awards. Integrated development of culture and technology has been promoted. Enterprises in the park have won 28 awards in national innovation competitions. Efforts have been made to support enterprises in the park to cooperate with research institutions and sci-tech enterprises such as National University of Defense Technology and Huawei to establish an industrial innovation consortium. At present, the park is home to 144 "Four-Above" units, 115 high-tech enterprises, 8 research institutions, and 23 innovation and entrepreneurship service platforms.
The "Four-Above" units refer to the industrial enterprises above designated size; the construction and real estate development and management companies with designated qualification or higher; the wholesale, retail, accommodation, and catering companies above designated size; and, the service industries above designated size.
China has 34 national cultural industry demonstration zones. Changsha's Tianxin Cultural Industrial Park and Xiangtan's Zhaoshan Cultural Industrial Park were selected as national cultural industry demonstration zones before Malanshan won the national title. According to the arrangement of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, China will have around 50 such demonstration zones by the end of 2025.