Cultural Industry

In recent years, Hunan Province has been celebrated for its remarkable "Hunan Cultural Phenomenon", "Hunan Army of Broadcasting and TV", "Hunan Army of Publishing", "Hunan Army of Performing Arts" and "Hunan Army of Animated Cartoons".

 

According to the data of the Hunan Statistics Bureau, the operating revenue of Hunan’s cultural companies topped 389.781 billion CNY in 2022, up 9.8% year on year. This growth rate was respectively 8.9 and 4 percentage points higher than the national growth and that in the central regions of China.

 

In terms of industry types, the operating revenue of cultural manufacturing industry stood at 256.144 billion CNY, increasing by 13.6% year on year; that of cultural wholesale and retail business hit 35.469 billion CNY, rising 7.3%; and, that of cultural service industry achieved 98.168 billion CNY, up 1.8%. 

In terms of industry categories, the operating revenue of six core cultural industries, including news and information services, content creation production, and creative design services, reached 147.333 billion CNY, up 4.8% over past year. Three culture-related industries – cultural auxiliary production and intermediary services, cultural equipment production, and cultural consumption terminal production – increased by 13.1% to 242.448 billion CNY.

Regionally, the operating revenue in the Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan area was 223.222 billion CNY, an increase of 6.8% over the previous year; that in the Dongting Lake area reached 73.058 billion CNY, rising 17.5%; that in the Greater Xiangxi area was 45.142 billion CNY, up 9.3%; and, that in southern Hunan rose 13.8% to 48.361 billion CNY.

Chinese source: hunan.gov.cn

Updated in February 2023