2018年CRI Qingdao named UNESCO City of Film

 

The city of Qingdao on the east coast of China has recently been designated by the United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture to join the Creative Cities Network as a "City of Film".

Qingdao's application for being a city of film took more than two years from May 2015 to October 2017. Qingdao is joining 13 other cities around the world as a City of Film. CRI's Xu Fei has more.

Qingdao, born for film. That was the city's slogan in its bid to be a UNESCO City of Film.

Xu Hongwei is a local official in charge of Qingdao's application process.

 "We thought about a lot of slogans, like 'Qingdao in New Heights, International Movie Capital'. And I also considered 'Film is the bridge' as a proper slogan. Finally, we decided¹ to use Qingdao is a city born for film, and we trimmed it down to "QINGDAO, born for film". The more we speak it, the more we get to feel this sentence may reflect Qingdao citizens' hopes to share their dreams and love with the rest of world."

Behind its successful bid was the vigorous and rapid development of the film and television industry in the city. Qingdao's film dream has grown into being an Oriental DreamWorks on par² with Los Angeles, from simple beginnings as a star cradle and a natural film studio.

With a total investment of 120-billion yuan, the Lingshan Bay Film and TV Industry Park occupies a space of 44 square kilometers. Also, a 5 billion-yuan fund for film and television industry development was launched.

Over 100 cultural creativity companies have shown their interest in settling in the park.

All these facts have witnessed the rapid rise of the Qingdao film and  culture industry.

13 film and television companies, including WUZHOU FILM DISTRIBUTION and Wanda Film (Qingdao) have received over 20 million yuan of special funds.

WUZHOU FILM obtained the largest sum of money. Que Wenxiong is general manager of the Company.

"We've got 11 million yuan of development funding. We were involved in many film projects in 2016, including The Ghouls, Detective China Town, A HERO OR NOT and Go away Mr. Tumor³."

Yuan Meilin is Chairman of West Coast Cultural Development and Investment Co in Qingdao.

"The companies that have obtained special funding all correspondingly made contributions to the economic development of our new park area. We calculate according to the value of the contributions they made and decide how much funding we may allocate⁴ to these respective film enterprises."

So far, the number of registered film and TV production companies in the Lingshan Bay Film and TV Industry Park has reached over 120.

Rao Shuguang is secretary general of the Chinese film and TV home association.

"The development of the film industry is in need of a lot of professionals, including not only directors and cinema photographers but also technicians, lighting⁵ engineers, art directors and so on. Even food suppliers are in big need. Only when these supporting businesses are all in place could the film industry's effect in driving the local economy become noticeable. Qingdao made a strategy in advance to lead China's film industry by planning to become a new base appealing to the film and TV talent in the country and promoting the cultural brand of the city."

Xu Hongwei says he thinks the city's successful bid for becoming a "City of Film" has planted a seed that has the power to grow and blossom.

"Now that Qingdao is a city of film, it means more opportunities: More film producers will likely come here to start their project. The shooting crew behind Wolf Warriors⁶ II will come here to shoot a new film God of Wind. With three-billion investment, the film producers could sign contracts with studios in the city. Film and television companies would successively arrive in Qingdao and they would push forward the development of the city's creative industry and help the city to realize its ambition in film industry."

The Creative Cities Network also builds a link from the Qingdao film industry to international filmmakers, which will help speed up the pace of Qingdao's cultural exchange with other nations.

A new film has begun shooting. A remarkable⁷ feature of this light comedy film is that the shooting takes place in all 13 Cities of Film around the world.

Zhang Da is one of the producers. He revealed they are about to select actors and actresses.

"It is a light comedy that depicts⁸ movie fans of 13 Cities of Film pursuing their dreams. We hope to stimulate⁹ the common development of the film industry in these countries. Along the Silk Road on the sea, this film is expected to reflect the young filmmakers' dedication¹⁰ to the film and television industry."

The city of Bradford is one of the ten largest cultural centers in the ancient U.K.

It has a time-honored history in film making, and is also the world's first city of film.

At present, Qingdao and Bradford have signed a memorandum¹¹ of cooperation, and reached some film cooperation deals.

Having such a partnership¹² may pave the way for the cultivation¹³ of local film talents. Yang Jianhua is a Professor of communication and animation¹⁴ with Qingdao University of Science & Technology:

"The University of Bradford and Qingdao University of Science & Technology are working together to advance the training of talents in the filmmaking industry. We plan to give a joint¹⁵ training for one hundred people per year."

Under UNESCO's request, Qingdao will open a special office dealing¹⁶ with the affairs related to the construction of the City of Film. In the future, Qingdao will host the civic¹⁷ Movie Festival, arrange a series of movie-related cultural activities such as "I accompany my parents to go to the cinema", as well as choosing a spokesperson among the general public for the City of Film.

In this way, the majority of citizens can openly express their feelings towards movies and arouse their enthusiasm for building Qingdao into a city of film together.

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 par   

n.标准，票面价值，平均数量；adj.票面的，平常的，标准的

参考例句：

• Sales of nylon have been below par in recent years.近年来尼龙织品的销售额一直不及以往。
• I don't think his ability is on a par with yours.我认为他的能力不能与你的能力相媲美。

3 tumor   

n.（肿）瘤，肿块(英)tumour

参考例句：

• He was died of a malignant tumor.他死于恶性肿瘤。
• The surgeons irradiated the tumor.外科医生用X射线照射那个肿瘤。

4 allocate   

vt.分配，分派；把…拨给；把…划归

参考例句：

• You must allocate the money carefully.你们必须谨慎地分配钱。
• They will allocate fund for housing.他们将拨出经费建房。

5 lighting   

n.照明，光线的明暗，舞台灯光

参考例句：

• The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting.煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。
• The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic.那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。

6 warriors   

武士，勇士，战士( warrior的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• I like reading the stories ofancient warriors. 我喜欢读有关古代武士的故事。
• The warriors speared the man to death. 武士们把那个男子戳死了。

7 remarkable   

adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的

参考例句：

• She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
• These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。

8 depicts   

描绘，描画( depict的第三人称单数 )； 描述

参考例句：

• The book vividly depicts French society of the 1930s. 这本书生动地描绘了20 世纪30 年代的法国社会。
• He depicts the sordid and vulgar sides of life exclusively. 他只描写人生肮脏和庸俗的一面。

9 stimulate   

vt.刺激，使兴奋；激励，使…振奋

参考例句：

• Your encouragement will stimulate me to further efforts.你的鼓励会激发我进一步努力。
• Success will stimulate the people for fresh efforts.成功能鼓舞人们去作新的努力。

10 dedication   

n.奉献，献身，致力，题献，献辞

参考例句：

• We admire her courage,compassion and dedication.我们钦佩她的勇气、爱心和奉献精神。
• Her dedication to her work was admirable.她对工作的奉献精神可钦可佩。

11 memorandum   

n.备忘录，便笺

参考例句：

• The memorandum was dated 23 August,2008.备忘录上注明的日期是2008年8月23日。
• The Secretary notes down the date of the meeting in her memorandum book.秘书把会议日期都写在记事本上。

12 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。

13 cultivation   

n.耕作，培养，栽培（法），养成

参考例句：

• The cultivation in good taste is our main objective.培养高雅情趣是我们的主要目标。
• The land is not fertile enough to repay cultivation.这块土地不够肥沃，不值得耕种。

14 animation   

n.活泼，兴奋，卡通片／动画片的制作

参考例句：

• They are full of animation as they talked about their childhood.当他们谈及童年的往事时都非常兴奋。
• The animation of China made a great progress.中国的卡通片制作取得很大发展。

15 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

16 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

17 civic   

adj.城市的，都市的，市民的，公民的

参考例句：

• I feel it is my civic duty to vote.我认为投票选举是我作为公民的义务。
• The civic leaders helped to forward the project.市政府领导者协助促进工程的进展。