China

Written by Matúš Repka

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The cost of labour in China is one of the lowest in the world. This, coupled with the territory's large pool of animators, is attracting animation outsourcing to China. In fact, the country probably has the largest number of animators in the world, and the country is attracting large numbers of post-production jobs. The largest studios in the country are Wang Films and Hong Ying, both based in Suzhou; the pair are actually Taiwan-based animation studios with large-scale operations in China. Other large studios include Shanghai Animation. Shanghai Morning Sun, Animation Services Hong Kong, Jade Animation and Colorland Animation.

However, due to the lack of supply of local content, the Chinese TV channels are reliant on imported animation content, and Japanese animation productions rank highest in popularity. The other popular animation programmes include Hollywood productions such as Tom & Jerry, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and so on. The quality of homegrown Chinese animation content is an area of concern and hence, Chinese animation is not yet as popular with the viewers as the various imported animation shows.

About 20.000 minutes of animated films and TV programs are produced by animation studios in China In China, there are about eight medium-to-large studios as well as about 100 small studios A number of animated films are imported from countries such as the US and Japan. Foreign animation films dominate the market with more than 60% of television animation being of foreign origin The Chinese animation industry is concentrated around Shanghai, as well as the small town of Suzhou

The source: 3D World (text) + Digital Vector (statistics)