Growing up in the Chinese port city of Dalian in the 1990s, Zhang Hongchang spent hours immersed in Japanese cartoons such as Dragon Ball and Naruto. Today, Zhang is one of China’s hottest cartoonists and at the forefront of a new wave of Chinese animation that is being driven by the country’s technology and internet giants. His latest hit comic has been viewed 160 million times online. (Chinese anime rising as country’s tech giants engage in cartoon arms race to develop or buy Chinese characters, Reuters)
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Innovation plays a vital role in formulation of good animation works. Supported by the government and capital injection, and more and more business sectors realized the dual driven role of original and S&T innovation, the Chinese animation industry is booming in recent years.
(Editor Li Xingyi)
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