The China International Drawing and Animation Festival visited South Korea to participate in the Asian Cultural and Creative Industry Exhibition.

The 19th Gwangju Asian Cultural and Creative Industries Expo 2024 was successfully held at the Kim Dae Jung Convention Center in Gwangju, South Korea, from September 26 to 29.400 cultural information companies from 30 countries around the world, including broadcasting, video, animation, characters, digital content and illustrations, participated in the exhibition, with a total of 503 stands installed on site. At the same time, 190 buyers and 87 companies from 26 countries around the world took part in the business negotiations, with a total of 35,000 visitors.

China International Drawing and Animation Festival was invited to participateintroduced and promoted the animation festival to friends at home and abroad; conducted in-depth exchanges and negotiations with exhibitors from relevant countries and regions such as Ireland, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, India, Taiwan, China and Africa; specially met Gwangju at the exhibition site The mayor, the director of the Gwangju Culture Information and Promotion Institute and the president of the Tourism Corporation, organizer of the Asian Cultural Industry Expo and creative, sent an invitation to South Korea to participate in the exhibition. upcoming China International Drawing and Animation Festival, and discussed the promotion of the China International Drawing and Animation Festival and South Korea’s participation in the exhibition competition, international affairs, event cooperation, industrial exchanges and other aspects.

During the exhibition, we also introduced and promoted the animation festival with ACCF Asian Cultural Center Foundation, Korean Comics Association, Animation Industry Association, Gwangju Design Promotion Institute, IP Image Licensing Association and the Busan Content Market, and issued invitations to participate in the exhibition. Both sides expressed their positive willingness to cooperate in the future.

In addition, the “Golden Monkey Award” competition of the China International Cartoon and Animation Festival and the “WEB ANIMATION FESTIVAL” (WAF) online animation competition organized by the Korea Development Agency have initially reached a consensus on cooperation. The two sides will jointly recommend outstanding original animation works for the competition and exhibit the works, aiming to strengthen animation cultural exchanges between China and South Korea. This cooperation is not limited to the exchange of works, the two sides will also conduct in-depth discussions and cooperation in other areas of the animation industry. At the competition award ceremony, they had in-depth exchanges with the North Korean University to discuss how to further promote the development of animation culture in the two countries and inject a new vitality in the animation industries of China and South Korea.

Visit the CCG Animation Content Experimental Base of Gwangju Culture Information and Promotion Institute

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China Animation Festival-Hangzhou Animation Festival

CICAF

Accommodation area: Zhejiang

Exhibition date: May 29, 2024 – June 2, 2024

Opening and closing hours: 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Accommodation address: No. 336, Changjiang Road, Binjiang District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province

Exhibition area: 40,000

Number of viewers: 381,000

Holding period: once a year

Sponsor: State Administration of Radio and Television, People’s Government of Zhejiang Province