China News Service, April 30, according to the website of the National Bureau of Statistics, Xin Jia, a statistician from the Social Science and Cultural Affairs Department of the National Bureau of Statistics, pointed out that due to the impact of the new coronary pneumonia epidemic, the production and operation of cultural enterprises in the first quarter were greatly affected, and the cultural market declined in the short term. obvious. But at the same time, home brought a sudden rise of online cultural consumption, "Internet + culture" bucked the trend, and the development of new cultural formats accelerated.

  In the first quarter, enterprises above the designated size in the cultural and related industries achieved operating income of 1,688.9 billion yuan, down 13.9% from the same period last year.

  In 9 industries of culture and related industries, affected by the suspension or cancellation of clustered cultural activities during the epidemic prevention and control period, the operating income of cultural entertainment and leisure services dropped the most, down 59.1% from the same period of the previous year, of which entertainment services and scenic tour services They were down by 62.2% and 61.9% respectively; cultural communication channels were down by 31.6%, among which radio and film distribution screenings and artistic performances were down by 78.5% and 46.2% respectively.

  In the first quarter, relying on the widespread application of new technologies such as the Internet, multimedia, and artificial intelligence, the new format of "Internet + culture" rose against the trend, and online cultural consumption continued to maintain rapid growth.

  From the perspective of cultural and related industry sub-sectors, the 16 industry sub-categories with more obvious new cultural characteristics have achieved operating income of 523.6 billion yuan, an increase of 15.5% over the same period of the previous year; they account for the proportion of operating income of cultural and related industry enterprises above designated size. 31.0%, an increase of 8.1 percentage points from the same period last year.

  Among them, the operating income of Internet advertising services, other Internet information services, multimedia game animation and digital publishing software development, broadcast and television integrated broadcast control, wearable smart cultural equipment manufacturing and other industries all achieved double-digit growth.

  As the prevention and control situation of the New Coronary Pneumonia epidemic continues to improve, the resumption of production and production of cultural enterprises has accelerated significantly, and the cultural consumption demand of residents who have been suppressed in the early stage is gradually released. China's cultural market is expected to gradually return to the normal track, and the short-term impact caused by the epidemic will be alleviated.