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Fosun invests in studio to get Hollywood's know-how

Chinese conglomerate Fosun International signed a deal on June 6 to purchase Studio 8 in Hollywood. The deal is the latest example of Chinese investors' interest in the US film industry. The Chinese government plans to use tax breaks and subsidies to boost the motion-picture industry, and will use 100 million yuan ($16 million) to support five to 10 films a year. Fosun hopes Hollywood's advanced and sophisticated film making expertise and technique, movie concept and technology and complete production and publication systems into the China market, in order to drive the development of the Chinese film industry.
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Chinese conglomerate Fosun International is taking a stake in new US media company Studio 8 to get Hollywood's know-how into China's film industry, now the second largest market in the world after the United States. Fosun said it will "exercise significant influence over the distribution arrangements" for Studio 8's movies in the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.
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No
Type of Exchange: 
business
media
Partners: 
Fosun International
Warner Bros.
Participants (Types): 
Warner Bros. executive Jeff Robinov, Guo Guangchang owner of Fosun
Exchange Date: 
Friday, June 6, 2014
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Location: 
Los Angeles, US
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