Chinese science fiction grows up quietly (new observations of new formats and new models⑨)
In the third blast furnace of Beijing Shougang Park, the red lights set off the iron-making blast furnace. The old heritage of the industrial age is still rusted and mottled, but it has been transformed into a futuristic press conference site.
Recently, the 2020 China Science Fiction Conference with the theme of "Scientific Dreams, Create the Future" was held in Shougang Park.
Thematic forums, "Science Fiction Night", sci-fi cosplay, sci-fi art exhibition, domestic and foreign sci-fi film screenings, and other colorful and characteristic activities, bring a sci-fi visual feast to the public.
Today, the science fiction industry, as a knowledge-intensive industry and the key direction of emerging entertainment consumption, has gradually become one of the potential new economic growth points on a global scale.
In China, science fiction reading, movies, and games are also becoming new growth points for high-quality development.
Liu Cixin, a Chinese science fiction writer and author of "Three Body", once said: "Today China's modernization process is advancing rapidly and has become the most'futuristic' country in the world. This is the fertile soil for the growth of Chinese science fiction." Then, the science fiction industry What exactly is it?
How is China's science fiction industry developing?
Will a brand new "Chinese science fiction" be formed in the future?
The journalist made an interview about this.
The rapid growth of the science fiction industry
Remember the movie "The Wandering Earth" released in early 2019?
The box office of this science fiction movie reached 4.688 billion yuan, which not only made 2019 known as the "first year of Chinese science fiction movies", but also attracted more people's attention and understanding of the field of science fiction, and pushed China's science fiction industry to unprecedented heights.
According to the latest China Science Fiction Industry Report 2020 released at the China Science Fiction Conference this year, the total output value of China's science fiction industry in 2019 reached 65.871 billion yuan, an increase of 44.3% from the 45.635 billion yuan in 2018, maintaining a rapid growth trend.
Among them, the popularity of "Wandering Earth" is indispensable.
Science fiction works that give people unlimited imagination, after being transformed into IP (intellectual property, intellectual property), bring industrial value beyond imagination.
It is generally believed that the science fiction industry encompasses various forms of carriers such as literature, art, film and television, animation, games, etc., science fiction reading, science fiction movies, science fiction TV series, science fiction video games, science fiction education, and science fiction peripherals that the public encounters daily And so on belong to the science fiction industry.
In a broader sense, sci-fi entertainment experience consumption such as the construction of sci-fi-related theme parks, and sci-fi as a form of urban planning and the concept of art design are also the content of the sci-fi industry.
The "Report" shows that from the market segment of China's science fiction industry in 2019, science fiction games accounted for the highest proportion.
In 2019, a total of 1,380 domestic online games were reviewed, of which science fiction games accounted for about 15%, and the annual output value exceeded 43 billion yuan.
In the first half of 2020, the output value of science fiction games has exceeded 22 billion yuan.
Statistics show that during the S1 season of the 2020 Peace Elite Professional League, the total number of Kuaishou viewers has exceeded 30 million.
In the field of science fiction film and television, the second largest market segment of my country's science fiction industry, a series of sci-fi movies emerged in 2019. The box office of sci-fi movies reached 19.511 billion. Three of the top ten in the annual box office are sci-fi movies, "Wandering Earth". Movies such as Crazy Aliens, "Shanghai Fortress", and "People Caught by Light" contributed 7.141 billion yuan in box office, which is 2.12 times that of domestic science fiction movies in 2018.
At the same time, 17 science fiction web dramas contributed more than 2 billion yuan in output value.
In 2019, the overall output value of China's science fiction reading market was approximately 2.01 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 13%.
In addition to traditional paper-media books, digital reading and audiobooks are also growing steadily.
In 2019, the scale of the digital reading market for science fiction is about 600 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 40%; the scale of the science fiction audio reading market is about 80 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 33%.
In the sci-fi peripheral product market, the head effect begins to become prominent.
In 2019, the national science fiction peripheral product categories totaled more than 1,000, and the overall market value was about 1.35 billion yuan.
Among them, "Wandering Earth" and "Three Body" and other hot IP peripheral products contributed 500 million yuan in output value in 2019.
Huai Jinpeng, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Executive Vice Chairman of the China Association for Science and Technology, pointed out: "In recent years, we have been delighted to see that the development of my country's science fiction industry and industry has shown vigorous vitality, and many departments, local governments and all walks of life have paid great attention and support. Science Fiction The social institutions and industrial mechanisms of China are growing rapidly, ushering in the momentum of strong development of China’s science fiction industry."
The industrial chain is gradually improved
In the "Science Fiction Night" event, cutting-edge motion capture and stage tracking technologies are displayed to create an immersive sci-fi atmosphere; at the exhibition of technological innovation, new technologies and new products, high-end manufacturing, new materials, artificial intelligence, virtual reality and other industrial fields Cutting-edge scientific and technological achievements allow visitors to experience the future "black technology"; in the "Morning Star Cup" debate, sci-fi theme debates brought a confrontation of views...
In fact, after the emergence of "explosive models" such as "Wandering Earth", how to improve the chain of China's science fiction industry has become a key issue of concern to the industry.
At this year's China Science Fiction Conference, in addition to the wonderful ideological collisions and the "brain" science fiction exhibition, many "hard core" measures to promote the development of China's science fiction industry were also released.
The China Association for Science and Technology and the Beijing Municipal Government signed a strategic cooperation agreement to promote the development of Beijing's science fiction industry, and the China Science Fiction Research Center was also established and operated.
Wang Ting, director of the China Science Popularization Research Institute, stated that the China Science Fiction Research Center will form a complete chain of scientist innovation, science fiction writer creation, creative creation, entrepreneurship, and investor venture capital, creating higher ideological value and more industrial value. .
The Shougang Park also aimed at the "big cake" of the science fiction industry, and announced that it would use the industrial heritage park as a carrier to build a 71.7 hectare science fiction startup zone.
Fu Xiaoming, deputy general manager of Beijing Shougang Construction Investment Co., Ltd., said that in the next few years, the park will accelerate the gathering of creative talents in the science fiction industry, the creation of high-tech production scenes and experience scenes, the construction of science fiction activity exchanges and copyright trading platforms, and science fiction theme theaters. Construction and other work to create a "science fiction city" in West Beijing.
Shijingshan District, Beijing, where the Shougang Park is located, also issued major measures, and introduced the "Shijingshan Promotion Policy for the Development of Science Fiction Industry" (ie "Science Fiction 16 Articles"), focusing on the three key elements of science fiction industry key technologies, original talents, and scene construction, and establishing a science fiction industry The special fund is 50 million yuan, and policy support is given from eight aspects.
"We strive to build Shougang Park into a science fiction city in about 10 years, become an important undertaking ground for the development of the science fiction industry and an important window for the innovation of the science fiction industry, and become a science fiction industry park with global influence." Fu Xiaoming It was revealed to this newspaper that since November 1, 7 sci-fi related projects have been solicited through the "AI Shang Shougang Park" WeChat mini program.
In addition, nearly 50 sci-fi-related projects have come to inquire about cooperation, and some companies are more concerned about the park’s future film and television production-related supporting facilities and venues and the specific implementation of the "Science Fiction 16" policy.
In recent years, many efforts have been made in various aspects to promote the development of the science fiction industry.
Since 2016, the China Science Fiction Conference has been successfully held for five sessions and has attracted widespread attention from all sectors of society, especially the science fiction industry and the majority of science fiction fans.
In 2017, the "Science and Human Imagination Center", a research institution dedicated to the exploration of science fiction and imagination, was announced at Shenzhen Southern University of Science and Technology to continue to track the development of China's science fiction industry.
On July 23 this year, the National Film Administration and the China Association for Science and Technology jointly issued "Several Opinions on Promoting the Development of Science Fiction Films". This is the first guidance document issued by China on the development of science fiction film industry, referred to as "Science Fiction Ten Articles" for the science fiction industry. Inject a cardiotonic injection.
"China's sci-fi industry chain is gradually improving. The sci-fi that existed in the text in the past is expanding to more dimensions. Films and televisions, games, toys, and peripherals will all become the driving force and engine of the sci-fi economy." Science fiction dedicated to promoting the development of the sci-fi industry Said Ji Shaoting, founder of the brand "Future Affairs Administration".
Looking forward to a "Chinese science fiction"
Science fiction comes from the development of science and technology, and science fiction leads the development of science and technology. The domain of science fiction will never end.
Industry insiders generally believe that China’s science fiction industry is still in its infancy. With the continuous improvement of people’s living standards in the future, science fiction will be further integrated into people’s lives, the science fiction industry will also usher in development opportunities, and China's science fiction industry has a huge market potential. .
Wang Jinkang, the honorary chairman of the World Chinese Science Fiction Association and the director of the Science Fiction Creation Research Base of the China Science Writers Association, upholds the concept that the country is strong and science fiction is strong.
He believes that science fiction has a strong positive correlation with national development, especially the development of science and technology. Only when society has reached a sufficient level of development and has sufficient scientific and technological soil, will it bring enough science fiction readers and writers to form science fiction. Climax.
"Science Fiction World" deputy editor Yao Haijun said, as American futurist Alvin Toffler once said, in a rapidly changing society, people will naturally turn their goals to the future.
“Just like driving a car, when the speed is very slow, we don’t need to look up farther, but when the speed is very fast, if you only stare at the foot, there will be problems. We have to raise our eyes to see more. Farther. Today China is in an era of rapid change, with rapid development of science and technology, and continuous improvement of economic strength. This is the inevitable trend of the times and is also the core development momentum of Chinese science fiction." Yao Haijun said.
In the United States, the science fiction creative industry is the second largest foreign exchange earning industry in the United States after the aviation industry.
The global success of Hollywood science fiction movies proves that people love science fiction.
The widely circulated saying "New science fiction comes from the East" reflects the high hopes of Chinese science fiction after "Wandering Earth".
"From the perspective of subject matter, style, and genre, we look forward to a kind of'Chinese science fiction.'" said Yan Feng, a professor of Chinese at Fudan University and a science fiction critic. He should not stop at imitating and following, and establishing the value and originality of "Chinese science fiction" is Very urgent question.
In his view, following the path of Chinese scientific innovation, technological philosophy, and social psychology, Chinese science fiction can completely make its own voice.
Wu Yan, the vice chairman of the Chinese Science Writers Association and a professor at Southern University of Science and Technology, said frankly that in terms of the content of science fiction works, China has no big differences from other countries in the world. It also pays attention to new changes in artificial intelligence, quantum technology, and biotechnology. "But we Need some very distinctive works that can show different, this is the essence of science fiction innovation".
David G. Evans (Dai Wei), a distinguished professor of Beijing University of Chemical Technology and a PhD in Chemistry from Oxford University, said, “Science is global, and science fiction is the same. Good science fiction works will definitely attract foreign audiences. I believe China will definitely keep its uniqueness I have confidence in Chinese science fiction writers and have their own unique direction to achieve greater success."
"As the vanguard of the science fiction industry, Chinese science fiction films will undoubtedly be a powerful engine for the development of China's science fiction industry in the next ten years or even longer." Film director Zhang Xiaobei pointed out the development potential of Chinese science fiction from the perspective of science fiction film and television.
The film director Guo Fan also said that China's science fiction soil needs to be cultivated by more hard-core science fiction works to cultivate China's "sci-fi context". After a good ecology is formed, the science fiction industry is bound to prosper.
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