CCTV News: On April 27, at the 2024 Eighth China Science Fiction Conference held in Beijing, the "2024 China Science Fiction Industry Report" was released. In 2023, the total revenue of China's science fiction industry will be 113.29 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 29.1%. This is the first time that the total revenue of China's science fiction industry has exceeded the 100 billion mark.
exceeded 100 billion yuan for the first time, and the "gold content" of the science fiction industry shows the vigorous vitality of the "science fiction +" diversified business formats. According to the report, the typical business formats of China's science fiction industry in 2023 include five major sectors: science fiction reading, science fiction film and television, science fiction games, science fiction derivatives, and science fiction cultural tourism.
The science fiction game industry is the largest, with revenue of 65.19 billion yuan last year, a year-on-year increase of 15.4%. Science fiction games are spreading well overseas. The scenes and values of many games are organically integrated with the excellent traditional Chinese culture and are loved by players around the world.
The science fiction culture and tourism industry is growing at an impressive rate, with annual revenue of 31.06 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 106.7%. In terms of categories, in addition to traditional parks and scenic spots, science fiction stage dramas are gradually gaining momentum. Judging from market performance, foreign-invested sci-fi amusement projects in theme parks in China have become an annual tourism hit, and a number of Sino-foreign cooperation projects have also been launched overseas.
In 2023, the revenue of the science fiction film and television industry will be 11.59 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 38.8%. The popularity of a number of science fiction film and television works such as "The Wandering Earth 2" and "The Three-Body Problem" has set off a "science fiction craze" and accelerated the development of China's science fiction industry.
Vladimir Norov, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan, said: “China’s science fiction industry has developed in just a few short decades and has already reached such a scale. From these figures, we can see that China’s science fiction industry has reached such a scale. The science fiction industry will also have huge room for development. "
The growth of the "gold content" of the science fiction industry reflects the leap-forward development of the country's scientific and technological strength. China's global innovation index ranking has risen from 29th in 2011 to 12th in 2023. Citizens with scientific literacy The proportion will increase from 6.20% in 2015 to 14.14% in 2023. The hard power of independent innovation and the soft power of science and culture have risen simultaneously, providing fertile ground for the "accumulation and development" of Chinese science fiction.
Industry insiders said that statistics on the revenue of the science fiction industry began in 2016, and the total revenue that year was only about 10 billion yuan. In just eight years, the total revenue of China's science fiction industry has jumped from "tens of billions" to "hundreds of billions," an increase of about 10 times. From the emergence of science fiction novels to the popularity of science fiction movies, to the formation of a development pattern for the entire science fiction industry, China's science fiction industry has ushered in a period of golden opportunities.
