The recently-concluded Fantasy China 2009 Fair held a number of conferences and activities to seek more development opportunities for China's cartoon and animation enterprises.

The "Dialogue between "Xi Yangyang and Hui Tailang" (“Jolly Sheep and Big Big Wolf” )and the 'Kung Fu Panda' directors" attracted wide attention.

However, the "dialogue" was not balanced. "It is too early to say whether "Xi Yangyang and Hui Tailang" can compete with 'Kung Fu Panda,'" said animation expert Wang Liuyi when commenting on the dialogue. [more]

[Chinese cartoon lands on international market]

"Xi Yangyang and Hui Tailang" (“Jolly Sheep and Big Big Wolf” ), a popular Chinese made cartoon TV series, landed on international market on July 5, 2009, China Radio International reports.

The over 500-episode hot cartoon, which has been dominating Chinese market over four years, will gain international attention by landing in 13 Asian countries and regions the coming Sunday. [more]


The poster of "Xi Yangyang and Hui Tailang".


[China’s cartoon history]

First cartoon in China
Uproar in an Art Studio (Da Nao Huashi), 1926 [more]

The best movies in Chinese cartoon history


The Money King (Da Nao Tiangong)

The Money King (Da Nao Tiangong), 1965 [more]

China’s first wide-screen cartoon movie


the Dragon King (Nezha Nao Hai)

Nezha Conquers the Dragon King (Nezha Nao Hai), 1979 [more]

Golden period of Chinese cartoon industry
The second golden period of Chinese cartoon industry was from 1979 to 1989. [more]

[China boasts world's largest cartoon market but domestic industry lags behind]

Around 500 million Chinese read animation books or watch cartoons, making China the world's largest animation market, according to experts at a cartoon industry forum held in Qingdao.

But China's cartoon industry is still lagging behind the world leaders, experts said, despite increased government investment in recent years. [more]

[What does the future hold for China's cartoon and animation industry?]

China's cartoon industry shows great potential

"It was the worst of times; it was the best of times." Financial crisis can be transformed into an opportunity for the development of cultural industries. The "counter-cyclical" of cultural development has allowed the Chinese cartoon industry to thrive in the financial tsunami. [more]

Comics, animation industry gets boost >>

Trading starts on China's animation, cartoon and game industry exchange >>

[The world looks to China for value and inspiration]

Po power for panda film


The poster of 'Kung Fu Panda'

Disney fashions a modern-day icon of girl power with its animated adaptation of the 2,000-year-old Chinese folktale Mulan in 1998, which awed the viewers from around the world.

A decade later, similarly stunning animation by DreamWorks explores the splendors of Chinese culture and landscape through martial arts cartoon Kung Fu Panda. [more]


"Kung Fu Panda" real kung fu in guise of a cartoon >>


U.S. TV looks to China for value and inspiration >>

By People's Daily Online