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Imported movies drive film market

"Compared with Hollywood blockbusters, domestic films are at a disadvantage," Gao said. "And it is not fair for Chinese films to compete with those well-chosen films."

The government loosened restrictions on the distribution of foreign films for theater releases from 20 to 34 a year, after negotiations with the World Trade Organization earlier this year. As a result, it's likely that even fewer people will go to see domestic films, Gao said.

According to Gao, most of the more than 80 domestic films released in the first half of the year did not make a profit, and the domestic movie-making industry is facing its biggest challenge since China's reform and opening-up in the early 1980s.

However, Gao said it's possible that Chinese films' share of box office could rise in the second half of the year because the foreign blockbusters scheduled to be shown are not expected to be as competitive as the ones in the first half year.

Questions:

1. How much did movies make in China this year?

2. What were the figures for imported movies?

3. How about domestic movies?

Answers:

1. Box office sales in China in the first six months of the year reached 8.07 billion yuan.

2. 5.27 billion yuan.

3. 2.8 billion yuan.

About the broadcaster:

Nelly Min is an editor at China Daily with more than 10 years of experience as a newspaper editor and photographer. She has worked at major newspapers in the U.S., including the Los Angeles Times and the Detroit Free Press. She is also fluent in Korean.