ATHENS, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- The mutual exchange of views and information on institutional reforms linked to broadcasting and cinema in China and Greece dominated a meeting between senior officials of the Chinese State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SAPPRFT)and General Secretary for Information Lefteris Kretsos held in Athens on Tuesday.
Kretsos briefed the Chinese delegation on a new law passed last summer in Greece on subsidising audiovisual production, which is expected to go fully into effect in early 2018.
The Chinese referred to laws in China for promoting the cinema and audiovisual industry, noting that a process to update this is currently underway.
Both sides expressed their will to broaden cooperation between Greece and China in the production and promotion of audiovisual projects. (Source: Athens News Agency; edited by Zhang Yuan, zhangyuan11@xinhua.org)