A report on Beijing’s cultural and creative industries media clusters

Abstract

China’s rapidly developing cultural and creative industries have generated a boom in clusters; that is, companies with similar or complementary interests congregating around one another. Driven by government policy and market opportunities, investors and entrepreneurs have flocked to form and build clusters in order to accelerate economic growth. This “In Focus” report defines and categorizes Beijing’s cultural and creative industries media clusters, references government policies to accelerate their economic growth, and describes their current state of development. In addition, we highlight the benefits that Beijing’s economy has received from cultural and creative industries media clusters and comment on the challenges Beijing’s cultural and creative industries media clusters face moving forward.