Beijing to Set up 1,500 Digital Film Screens

2006/01/27

Beijing will set up at least 1,500 digital film screens by 2010 in a bid to reduce the prices of film tickets, said the Municipal Bureau of Culture on January 9, 2006.

"The government has already begun to build community-based cinemas and projection rooms to lower ticket prices," an official with the bureau said.

There are only 151 film screens at all the cinemas in Beijing, one screen for every 100,000 Beijingers. With 1,500 more screens, the prices of film tickets are expected to decline, the official said. At US$10, possibly more than many residents’ daily income, ticket prices in Beijing are often criticized for being too high. Beijing Vice-Mayor Sun Anmin said government authorities have built a number of cinemas in communities resulting in lower admission prices for consumers.



	Article featured in Beijing This Month, February 2006 Publication sponsored by Information Office of the Beijing Municipal Government, Beijing Municipal Bureau of Tourism