China Film Association


China Film Association is a people's organization subordinate to the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles. Founded in July 1949, the organization was initially named the China National Film Artists Association. In 1979, it was renamed the China Film Association.

History

China Film Association was founded in July 1949 with the name of China National Film Artists Association and then China Film Workers Sorority in 1957. In 1960, China Film Association changed its name to China Film Workers Association. Finally, it renamed the China Film Association in 1979.
In 2010, the China Film Association signed a partnership with its New Zealand homologue Film Auckland. After the 2012 Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances, the China Film Association developed growing ties with the Screen Actors Guild–American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. In 2014, the China Film Association created the International Communication Committee of the China Film Association to oversee the industrial development of Chinese cinema and its development abroad, with DMG as an exclusive business partner. Since the 2017 Film Industry Promotion Law, the Chinese film industry is encouraged to favor domestic productions.

Members

StartEndChairmanVice-chairmenSecretary-General
1stJuly 19491952Yang HanshengYuan Muzhi
2ndApril 1954July 1960Cai ChushengSitu Huimin, Bai Yang, Sha Meng
3rdJuly 19601966Cai ChushengYu Ling, Tian Fang, Bai Yang, Ya Ma
4thNovember 1979April 1985Xia YanYu Ling, Bai Yang, Situ Huimin, Cheng Yin, Chen Huangmei, Zhang Junxiang, Yuan Wenshu
5thApril 1985August 1998Xia YanSu Yun, Situ Huimin, Wu Yigong, Xie Tieli, Yu Lan, Shi Fangyu
6thAugust 19982003Xie TieliDing Yinnan, Wang Xiaotang, Liu Jianzhong, Su Shuyang, Wu Yigong, Li Guomin, Li Qiankuan, Li Xuejian, Xi Meijuan, Xie Fei, Pan Hong
7th23 December 200326 December 2008Xia YigongLi Pingfen, Li Qiankuan, Li Xuejian, Xi Meijuan, Kang Jianmin, Tong Gang, Xie Fei, Sai Fu, Pan Hong
8th26 December 20081 December 2013Li QiankuanYin Li, Feng Xiaogang, Jackie Chan, Li Pingfen, Li Xuejian, Zhang Huijun, Xi Meijuan, Kang Jianmin, Tong Gang, Pan Hong
9th1 December 201328 December 2018Li XuejianWang Xingdong, Yin Li, Feng Xiaogang, Jackie Chan, Zhang Huijun, Zhang Hongsen, Chen Kaige, Ming Zhenjiang, Xi Meijuan, Huang Jianxin, Kang Jianmin, and Pan Hong.Rao Shuguang
10thDecember 29, 2018Chen DaomingYu Dong, Yin Li, Yin Hong, Jackie Chan, Ren Zhonglun, Su Xiaowei, Wu Jing, Zhang Hong, Zhang Hanyu, Huang Bo, La Peikang
11thJanuary 202430 January 2024Chen DaomingYu Dong, Wang Jian'er, Yin Hong, Deng Guanghui, Andy Lau, Wu Jing, Zhang Ji, Guo Fan, Huang Bo, Huang Xiaoming, Fu Ruoqing, Huo Tingxiao

Awards

The China Film Association hands out the following awards:

Academic journal

Popular Movies World Screen Film Art World Movies
  • ''Annals of China Movies''