CHENGDU, China, May 21, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The World Knowledge Forum 2015 -- China-ROK Film & TV Cultural Industry Forum, sponsored by National Business Daily and Maeil Business Newspaper (MBN), was held in Chengdu this afternoon (May 20). Wang Changtian, Li-Kong Hsu, You Xiaogang and many South Korean film & TV tycoons arrived in the host city one day in advance, and today, they delivered wonderful speeches at the forum.
"I finally come to Chengdu," said Li-Kong Hsu, board chairman of Zoom Hunt International Productions Co., Ltd. (Taiwan). He arrived at noon yesterday. He delivered a keynote speech to analyze the "new opportunities and challenges in the fields of film & TV talents and technologies of China and ROK" from three aspects of culture, talents and technologies. "Young people are so crazy about South Korean teleplays and films in recent years mainly because the unique food culture, scenic spots, family love and moral principles of ROK have been integrated into the plays in an exquisite way." Likewise, the profound Chinese traditional culture is also suitable for display in film & TV works.
Joo-ick Lee, president of Boram Entertainment Incorporation in ROK also made a keynote speech about the "new opportunities and challenges in the fields of film & TV talents and technologies of China and ROK". He can speak Mandarin Chinese fluently and has had deep relations with Chinese films. He acted as producer of these Chinese films, including Together directed by Chen Kaige, Seven Swords by Hark Tsui and A Battle Of Wits by Jacob Cheung. He was also the producer of Late Autumn starring Tang Wei and Hyun Bin. He expressed his views on how China-ROK films work together towards Hollywood.
Topics of this forum cover the film industry, performance industry and teleplay industry. Li-Kong Hsu (board chairman of Zoom Hunt International Productions Co., Ltd. in Taiwan), Joo-ick Lee (president of Boram Entertainment Incorporation in ROK), Yu Hangying (executive producer of China Zhejiang TV program "Brothers to Run"), Kim Yeong Min (president of ROK SM Entertainment Group), You Xiaogang (chairman of TV Drama Production Industry Association of China and board chairman of Beijing Jingdu Century Culture Development Co. Ltd.) ,and Jeon Yong Ju (IHQ representative from ROK) are the main speakers. They hope to seek chances to cooperate with Chengdu.
