ABSTRACT
From production to distribution and screening, the whole film industry suffered an unprecedented impact. China’s film market took the lead in recovering and continuing to recover among the world’s major film markets, with its major industrial indicators ranking among the best. According to statistics from Lighthouse Professional, China’s box office in 2020 was 20.3 billion yuan (including service fees), which is 68 percent lower than that of 64.1 billion yuan in 2019. In response to the impact of the epidemic, the competent authorities have successively introduced policies to subsidize and support film companies, theatres or film and television bases which were severely affected by the epidemic; organizations of the film industry have urged lessors to reduce rent, property fees and other costs for theatres, and guided theatres to ensure equipment maintenance; film and television shooting bases exempted the crews from venue fees and provided subsidies to extras.
