China launched on Thursday a summer campaign combining film screenings with intangible cultural heritage experiences, aiming to promote traditional Chinese culture via word-of-mouth hit films.
The campaign is jointly organized by China Film Administration and the the Department of Intangible Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
At the launching ceremony held in Suzhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, three popular movies -- namely "The Secret Garden by Grand Canal," a documentary film focusing on inheritance and development of Suzhou's intangible cultural heritage, "Dear You," a low-budget film drawing on the history of "qiaopi," letters and remittances sent home by earlier generations of overseas Chinese in the 19th and 20th centuries, and "Wan Tongshu," a film telling a story about a researcher dedicated to preserving Muqam music of the Uygur ethnic group -- were promoted.
The event introduced intangible cultural heritage elements showcased in the movies and launched a series of "film plus" activities, including study tours, special tourism routes, and ticket-stub activities.
"The film 'Dear You' is very popular. The intangible cultural heritage-related footage in the movie left a deep impression on moviegoers. After the film became a hit, many intangible cultural heritage tourism sites in Shantou welcomed a large number of visitors, as people want to see for themselves the vibrant intangible heritage they saw on screens," said Li Yifu, director of the Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports in Shantou City, a hometown of overseas Chinese.
As part of the event, China Film Archive has launched special screening series in Beijing and Suzhou.
More than 10 provinces and regions -- including Liaoning, Hunan, Jilin, Jiangsu and Xinjiang -- will roll out summer activities under the campaign, organizing diverse activities like intangible cultural heritage-themed film screenings, ticket-stub activities, and spin-off products market.
"Intangible cultural heritage provides filmmaking with unique aesthetic qualities and profound cultural depthsaid Yang Fang, deputy director of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Suzhou Municipal Committee. "We will bring these films to schools and communities, and promote them globally, so that more people -- especially young people -- will fall in love with Chinese intangible cultural heritage."
China launches 2026 summer event promoting intangible cultural heritage via movies
China is expected to add around 300 gigawatts of new wind and solar power capacity in 2026, with renewables continuing to drive the country’s green and low-carbon energy transition, according to the China Renewable Energy Development Report released on Friday.
The report shows that China’s newly installed renewable power generation capacity reached another record high in 2025, accounting for more than 60 percent of global additions.
The country’s total installed renewable energy capacity surpassed 2,337 gigawatts in 2025, while renewables accounted for 82.7 percent of newly installed power capacity, according to the report.
Newly installed distributed solar photovoltaic capacity exceeded 100 gigawatts for the second straight year, accompanied by marked improvements in regional power grid absorption and clean energy utilization.
China's electricity generation from renewable sources reached about 4,000 terawatt-hours. Both wind and photovoltaic power generation crossed the 1,000 terawatt-hours threshold, each contributing more than 10 percent to the country's total power output.
"In 2025, wind and solar power installations achieved leapfrog growth, with the cumulative installed capacity of wind and solar power historically surpassing that of thermal power, further accelerating the pace of power structure transformation. New business forms such as zero-carbon industrial parks, green power direct supply, wind-solar hydrogen production, and photovoltaic-based desert control accelerated their popularization, as clean energy gradually permeated various sectors of the economy and society," said Yi Yuechun, general manager of the China Renewable Energy Engineering Institute.
This year, China's new energy sector will continue following the core path that combines onshore and offshore development, centralized and distributed projects, multiple energy sources working together, and integrated growth. The country will accelerate the construction of renewable energy bases in deserts, the Gobi and other arid areas, while coordinating ecological governance. Offshore wind power projects will also be pushed forward in an orderly manner.
In addition to the expected growth in wind and solar power, China is planning to add more than 50 gigawatts of new grid-connected energy storage capacity in 2026.
"During the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030), China will prioritize the commencement of a series of deep-sea offshore wind power projects, steadily advance major hydropower projects, actively and orderly develop pumped storage hydropower, and accelerate the planning and construction of integrated wind-solar-hydro power bases along major river basins. The green electricity market will continue to be cultivated and expanded. By 2035, the share of non-fossil energy in China's total primary energy consumption is targeted to reach more than 30 percent, with the combined installed capacity of wind and solar power striving to reach 3,600 gigawatts," said Liu Deshun, chief engineer of the National Energy Administration.
China to add 300 GW of wind, solar power capacity in 2026: report
