‘China’s Hollywood’ sees strong revival in production

Brisk sales: People looking at their smartphone as they wait to watch a movie at a cinema in Shanghai. China’s movie theatres saw 129 million tickets sold from Jan 21 to 27, grossing over 6.76 billion yuan (RM4.3bil) in revenue. — AFP

HANGZHOU: Gao Haitian, 32, who works as an extra in movies and television, spent most of this year’s Spring Festival holiday hurrying from one shooting location to another in and around Hengdian World Studios.

The complex, known as “China’s Hollywood” and the world’s largest film and TV centre, is in Dongyang’s Hengdian township, Zhejiang province.