2011-06-06

Welcome Speech by Tian Jin, Chairman of the 17th STVF

 

Tian Jin
Deputy Director, State Administration of Radio, Film and Television
Chairman, STVF Organising Committee

As the 17th Shanghai TV Festival opens, on behalf of the State Administration of Radio, Flim & Television, I would like to extend my warm welcome to all the guests and friends who have come here from all over the world.

This year’s Shanghai TV Festival is an important international grand event hosted at the beginning of the twelfth Five-Year Plan. During the period of the eleventh Five-Year Plan, the development of TV and film culture has made a breakthrough and the industry has become a highlight of economic growth under the policy of promoting the rapid culture development. Under these circumstances, Shanghai TV Festival has also achieved significant development, and has fully developed its function of promoting culture, gathering industry and boosting economy, as well as encouraging multicultural art styles, fostering new and excellent works, boosting the development of the TV industry and promoting international exchanges, transaction and cooperation. Shanghai TV Festival has now become an excellent platform for international cooperation.

We are glad to see that this year’s Shanghai TV Festival has brought the post-expo effect into play. Faced the trend of network convergence and the demand of accelerating the development of domestic TV industry, Shanghai TV Festival has launched several new methods to promote the development in the industry. I hope this year’s Shanghai TV Festival will take the chance of the grand cultural development of the twelfth Five-Year Plan, to strengthen communication and cooperation with the friends of the TV industry in the world, achieve mutual benefit, and promote the flourishing of the TV industry.

I wish the 17th Shanghai TV Festival a complete success!