The scale of China's culture industry in the global market hit 800 billion yuan ($117.18 billion) in 2009, according to a report jointly issued by the culture research center of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) and Social Sciences Academic Press, chinanews.com reported.
The report says the culture industry has become a strategic industry for China.
According to the report, new media has emerged as a major force in the culture industry. Fueled by 3G technology, the number of mobile netizens rose to 233 million in 2009, amounting to 60.8 percent of the total, the website said.
The film industry is also poised to grow, according to the report. China produced 456 feature films last year, ranking third in the word, following India and the US, according to the news report.
The report also shows that the country's cable television users increased by 6.1 percent year-on-year to 174 million in 2009, with nearly 62 million of them being digital television users, a 36.94 percent increase from the previous year
The domestic market for artistic performance kept a strong momentum last year, and the supply and demand of performances have been growing, the website reported.
According to statistics from the General Administration of Press and Publication, China's press and publication industry defied the financial crisis and kept growing at a stable rate throughout 2008.
The report forecasts that the industry will reform deeper and finalize the systematization of its commercial operations this year, the website reported.
