This photo taken on May 13, 2023 shows the awarding ceremony of the 14th Xingyun (Nebula) Awards for Chinese Science Fiction in Guanghan, southwest China's Sichuan Province. (Xinhua)
BEIJING, May 30 (Xinhua) -- The revenue of China's sci-fi industry reached 87.75 billion yuan (about 12.39 billion U.S. dollars) in 2022, according to a report released at the China Science Fiction Convention (CSFC) 2023.
The report focuses on the five sectors of the country's sci-fi industry, including readings, films, games, tourism, and related derivatives.
The sci-fi readings industry pocketed 3.04 billion yuan in 2022, up 12.6 percent from the previous year, while the total box office of 21 sci-fi films screened last year was 8.24 billion yuan, with domestic movies accounting for 67 percent, according to the report.
In 2022, the total revenue of the sci-fi game industry reached 56.5 billion yuan, among which 56.2 billion yuan came from mobile games.
The CSFC 2023 is scheduled to run in Beijing from May 29 to June 4.