Chinese film industry boosts creativity through partnerships with major global studios

China's film industry is hoping to raise its creative standards and enhance production capabilities by working closely with leading global studios.

Disney animation "Zootopia 2" had raced past 2 billion yuan (about 280 million U.S. dollars) in China by the evening of Monday, its sixth day in theaters. So far, the film's box office in China is leading its global revenue.

Prior to release on Nov 26, Shanghai Animation Film Studio, one of China's most prestigious animation studios, and Disney China collaborated to promote the sequel, posting a series of special shorts created by four Chinese animation directors, using creative animation styles and tapping into traditional Chinese art techniques.

The collaboration, which drew positive feedback from Chinese viewers, also reflects the growing recognition the global film community attaches to China's movie industry, according to industry analysts.

"Major global film studios are closely watching China's film market, and we possess the capability, confidence, and willingness to engage in deep collaboration with leading Hollywood studios, including Disney, to further elevate the creative standards of our domestic films and strengthen the foundation and overall capacity of our film industry," said Zhang Jinfeng, deputy editor-in-chief of China Film News.

Chinese film industry boosts creativity through partnerships with major global studios

Chinese film industry boosts creativity through partnerships with major global studios

With China assuming the rotating presidency on Friday, the United Nations Security Council will focus its work in May on revitalizing the authority of the UN Charter and the role of the United Nations, while advancing the political settlement of the Middle East issue, and promoting the stability and development of African countries.

Briefing reporters on the Security Council's priorities for May, Fu Cong, China's permanent representative to the United Nations and president of the Security Council for May, made the statement on Friday.

In recent years, the world has been witnessing growing turbulence in the international landscape, with conflicts increasing, divisions widening, and the multilateral system, along with international law, under considerable strain, he said, urging the international community to take urgent actions to uphold the authority of the UN Charter and strengthen the role of the United Nations to prevent the world from "relapsing into the jungle" and "to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war".

In this context, Fu said, the Security Council will convene a high-level open debate in May under the theme of upholding the purposes and the principles of the UN Charter and strengthening the UN-centered international system.

Security Council to focus on UN's role, Middle East, Africa in May: Chinese envoy

Security Council to focus on UN's role, Middle East, Africa in May: Chinese envoy