From April 18th to 19th, the 2024 National Film Work Conference was held in Beijing. The meeting was guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, deeply studied and implemented Xi Jinping Thought on Culture, implemented the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important instructions on film work, implemented the spirit of the National Propaganda Ideological and Cultural Work Conference and the National Propaganda Ministers Conference, and summarized the work , analyze the situation and arrange and deploy key tasks. Hu Heping, deputy director of the Central Propaganda Department in charge of daily work, attended the meeting and delivered a speech. The
meeting pointed out that since 2023, under the guidance of Xi Jinping’s cultural thoughts, the film front has implemented the Party Central Committee’s decisions and arrangements on film work, focusing on the center and serving the overall situation, strengthening confidence and united efforts to promote a prosperous film market and promote creation Production is booming and hard-won good results have been achieved. The
conference emphasized that 2024 is the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and the first year for the comprehensive implementation of Xi Jinping's cultural thoughts. The film front must adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, fully implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Party, thoroughly study and implement Xi Jinping Thought on Culture, implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important instructions on film work, and closely focus on Promote Chinese-style modernization, focus on high-quality development, launch more high-quality masterpieces, provide a better movie-watching experience, continue to meet the spiritual and cultural needs of the people, and effectively shoulder new cultural missions. The
meeting required that to do a good job in film work in 2024, we must thoroughly study and implement Xi Jinping's cultural thoughts, focus on creating and producing high-quality films, improve the modern film industry system and market system, strive to meet the needs of the broad audience, increase external cooperation and exchanges, and strengthen support and guarantees , keep integrity, innovate, and forge ahead with determination, and promote the high-quality development of films to a new level.
Responsible comrades in charge of film work and responsible comrades of the film department of the Propaganda Department of the Party Committees of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, representatives of state-owned and private film units, film professional schools, film associations and foundations, film artists, experts and scholars, relevant bureaus and offices of the Central Propaganda Department, Responsible comrades of directly affiliated film units, representatives of central state agencies and relevant military departments, and central news units attended the meeting.
(Source: National Film Administration website)
