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Constructing a Theoretical System for Chinese Films and Television: A Review of Academic Views of China’s Mainstream Film and Television Since 2017

An erratum for this article can be found here: https://doi.org/10.1515/jcfs-2025-2001
  • Zhifeng Hu

    Zhifeng Hu is a professor and doctoral supervisor at Beijing Normal University, and the former deputy secretary of the party committee and vice president of Beijing Film Academy. Hu is the convener of the Drama and Film and Television Discipline Evaluation Group of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council, a member of the 11th National Committee of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and director of the Chinese Collegial Association for Visual Art. He is the first distinguished professor to be “Changjiang Scholar” of the Ministry of Education in the academic field of media in China, and a senior visiting scholar at Harvard University. Hu has engaged in teaching and research on film and television culture, film and television art, and media art for many years. He has undertaken more than 40 major national social science projects and published over 400 academic papers. His achievements have won many national and provincial awards, and he has visited over 40 countries in Asia, Europe, the United States, Africa, Australia, and other continents for lectures and academic exchanges.

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    and Yin Chen

    Yin Chen is a PhD graduate of and lecturer at Shanghai Film Academy. His main areas of research are television and online audio-visual literature and art, media art and culture.

Published/Copyright: August 23, 2023
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Abstract

Since 2017, new achievements have been made in the field of mainstream Chinese films and television: specifically, in the interpretation of strategic policies, research on creation and production, and foundational theoretical research. These achievements have chiefly been embodied in the following areas: reaching historical achievements and changes in comprehensive, systematic and in-depth interpretation and analysis of China’s mainstream films and television; focusing on the creative practices, innovations and trends in China’s mainstream films and television; elucidating the remarkable characteristics of development; distilling the Chinese school and Chinese model; proposing a series of original academic discourse; forming a series of important theoretical achievements; and completing the first stage of constructing a system for Chinese films and television in the new era.


Corresponding author: Zhifeng Hu, School of Arts and Communication, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China, E-mail:
Translated by Qingxue Li, Communication University of China, Beijing, China, 1056407499@qq.com

About the authors

Zhifeng Hu

Zhifeng Hu is a professor and doctoral supervisor at Beijing Normal University, and the former deputy secretary of the party committee and vice president of Beijing Film Academy. Hu is the convener of the Drama and Film and Television Discipline Evaluation Group of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council, a member of the 11th National Committee of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and director of the Chinese Collegial Association for Visual Art. He is the first distinguished professor to be “Changjiang Scholar” of the Ministry of Education in the academic field of media in China, and a senior visiting scholar at Harvard University. Hu has engaged in teaching and research on film and television culture, film and television art, and media art for many years. He has undertaken more than 40 major national social science projects and published over 400 academic papers. His achievements have won many national and provincial awards, and he has visited over 40 countries in Asia, Europe, the United States, Africa, Australia, and other continents for lectures and academic exchanges.

Yin Chen

Yin Chen is a PhD graduate of and lecturer at Shanghai Film Academy. His main areas of research are television and online audio-visual literature and art, media art and culture.

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Published Online: 2023-08-23
Published in Print: 2023-08-28

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