China has World's Largest Animation Market

What does China NOT have the world's largest?

A cartoon industry forum was held in Qingdao this past weekend. One of the numbers thrown around was that China has around 500 million readers of animation and watchers of cartoons.

About 60% of those fans are from 14-17 years old. Adults make up about 30% of the fans.

Chinese animation is criticized for not having creativity and for suffering at the hands of government controls.

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