Ge You is a household name in China. His films include "If you are the one," "Sacrifice" and "Be there or be square."
Gen Z refers to those born between 1997 and 2012, growing up in the internet age and familiar with mobile technology. On average, they have their first mobile phone at the age of ten, and 98 percent of Gen Z reported owning a smartphone, according to the report.
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Global professional service firm Deloitte is doubling the size of its booth at the expo this year with "more sufficient preparation and a larger-scale of investment", said Deloitte China Innovation Leader Dora Liu. "Our theme for this year's CIIE is 'Smart+'. We want to bring our latest solutions on smart city, smart healthcare and smart finance," she said.
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Global insurance giant Allianz announced it recently expanded its entertainment insurance business to the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong due to the region's great potential in film and performance industry.The insurer, with more than 100 years of experience in the entertainment field, released two new products in the area last Friday - film and television production insurance and event cancellation insurance.The former covers extra expenses for actors, equipment, decorations, costumes and property damage, the company said.And the latter provides guaranteed coverage for accidents that may happen at events such as a live performance, concerts, sports events and exhibitions, it said."Asia shows a great demand for entertainment insurance due to the growing number of live events and growing interest of Chinese investors in Hollywood," said Michael Furtschegger, who leads global entertainment business of AGCS.Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group, for example, acquired US-based movie making company Legendary Pictures in 2016. Domestic internet giant Alibaba Group also announced it will cooperate with Steven Spielberg in film production, circulation and investment. In 2017, China invested more than billion in Hollywood. Following only the United States, the country has become the second largest film market, who contributed about 8 percent to films' production worldwide, industrial statistics showed.Allianz, in this case, expects to seize the chance to become a market leader in Asia in three to five years, Furtschegger said.According to accounting company PwC, the annual growth rate of the media and entertainment industry expects to reach 8 percent in China in the following five years, higher than the global level of 5 percent.Income for live music performances in China reached 2 million in 2011, which is expected to reach 4 million in 2020, it said. With more Chinese audiences participating in live events, related risk will become more complicated, and may drive organizers to ask for guaranteed coverage from insurance services, experts said.
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Given the backdrop of moderate domestic economic growth and external uncertainties, some economists said monetary policy may tend toward relatively easing but with limited room. The government has a target to balance short-term growth stability and long-term financial safety.
General Secretary Xi Jinping has highlighted the importance of real economies and urged development of a modernized economy to push the country's development to a new level.
Ge Shuang, deputy director of the Poverty Alleviation Office of CECA, said: "China's poor rural areas suffer from poverty mainly because of information asymmetry. Many high-quality agricultural products are not sold in cities, while urban consumers are eager to buy healthy agricultural products. Through the project, we take advantage of Taobao's online traffic to promote these good products.
Gary Hufbauer, an analyst at Peterson Institute in Washington, said in an email to China Daily that while manufacturing accounts for only a tenth of employment "it accounts for about a fifth of value added''.