From Kaiser Kuo:
CNNIC (China Internet Network Information Center ) issued the report last month. That’s not surprising given that all the data were drawn from the research for that report. But it does drill down a bit into the under-25 set’s behavior. Reading through it I highlighted a few items that are worth pondering, for [...]

1. The “Jin Hudong Corporation” Infringement
Since Year 2000, several persons including YANG Jianwei illegally reproduced movies whose copyright owned by others through the counterfeited authorization, in the name of “Beijing Jin Hudong Network Technology Corporation Ltd” and “Beijing Jin Hudong Technology Corporation Ltd” successively. The investigation verified that the above-mentioned corporations have illegally authorized over [...]

Tong Gang, director of the Film Bureau of the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television, disclosed that in 2007 China produced 402 feature films with RMB 3.327 bln earned at the box office. A total of 78 films were sold to 47 countries and regions, with revenue from overseas distribution totaling RMB 2.02 bln. [...]

According to statistics from the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), China’s netizens had reached 210 million by December 2007, an increase of 73 mln year-on-year, and 48 mln more than the number in H1 2007. Internet penetration has reached 16% of the overall population. In addition, broadband subscribers have reached 163 mln and wireless [...]

The Game Committee of the Publishers Association of China and the International Data Corporation (IDC) have issued a “2007 China Game Industry Survey Report” from information obtained from over 200,000 surveys. The report shows that as of December 2007 China had over 40.17 mln online gamers, an increase of 23% from 2006; Actual sales revenue [...]