China’s Changchun Unveils Plans for Studio Mega Complex
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefDetails of a massive new film studio complex now being built in Changchun, North East China, have began this week to emerge on the sidelines of the city’s film festival.Construction began in May on the Changchun International Movie Metropolis project which is forecast to be valued at some $21.5 billion (RMB148 billion), and could start to come on stream in 2023. Among its facilities will be a 35-stage film studio and a theme park expected to attract 10 million tourists annually.Changchun, a city of more than seven million people, in what was once Manchuria, is closer to Vladivostok in Russia and to the North Korean border than it is to Beijing.