On Dec.9th, the first International Comic & Animation Convention (Beijing 2012) lowered its curtain. The 9-day comic and animation pageant was highly praised by the nation wide comic fans and world-wide animation enterprises. According to the statistics, the convention had attracted about 60,000 people to visit. The exhibitors responded warmly to the convention, most of them wished to attend the convention in the next year.
The exciting events in the 9 theme days of the convention attracted tens of thousands of comic fans. According to the calculation of the organizing committee, more than 300 domestic and foreign animation-related enterprises and institutes attended the convention, at same time, about 500 institutes and academies attended more than 30 events organized by the organizing committee, including High-end Forum of The Creation and Protection of Comic and Animation Brands hosted by the Ministry of Culture of the PRC, other forums, theme lectures, report meeting on special topics and news press conferences held by enterprises.
China Theme Day- China Institute Awards was held on Dec. 9th. More than 3800 animations and 6800 comic works of 230 comic academies were exhibited at the closing ceremony. Best Story, Best Originality, Best Animation and other dozens of awards were conferred. At the end of the ceremony, the present leaders delivered speeches. The the first International Comic & Animation Convention (Beijing 2012) closed with a warm atmosphere.
It is to be observed that, during the convention, over 10 letters of intention or agreements for cooperation were signed by the international comic and animation enterprises. The total contract amount was closed to 1 billion Yuan. This convention has become an effective platform of cooperation for the Chinese and foreign comic and animation enterprises.
This convention received great support from the international comic and animation circles. Through this event, the world understood that the Chinese comic and animation industry was on the road to internationalization; It provide more opportunities of international cooperation for the Chinese enterprises. At the same time, a bridge was built between the Chinese comic and animation and the world; through this bridge, more comic and animation works with the Chinese symbols would arise in the world-wide stage. The organizing committee indicated that, this convention was the first large-scale event themed comic and animation in Beijing. As the undertaker, the organizers understood they had great resistibility and prepared for the convention seriously. After 9 days’ exhibition, except the compliment, the convention also obtained many precious suggestions and opinions. There were still many aspects to be improved in organization, management and service. They would sum up the experience in the structure of the content and form more scientific and complete working scheme, in order to well organize and provide service to the Second International Comic & Animation Convention in the next year.
With the end of this convention, the preparation for the next one has been launched. The second International Comic & Animation Convention was confirmed to be held during Oct.12th to Oct. 20th, 2013. We believe the next year’s convention will be a pageant causes China even the world a great sensation, which will be greatly significant for the development of the Chinese comic and animation industry.
