Signs of life are re-emerging in China’s film and TV industry, as studios across the country reopen and suspended film shoots are restarted, it has been reported.
High-profile film shoots, including Zhang Yimou’s Impasse, are also reported to have begun filming again.
According to China Global Television Network, a branch of the state-owned TV network China Central Television, studios have reopened in Ningbo, Shanghai, Qingdao and Xi’an, and TV series such as Legend of Fei and Like a Flowing River have resumed production.
Local authorities have also provided financial incentives, such as subsidies for equipment rental and catering, to encourage producers to keep shooting.