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
| Start | End | Chairman | Vice-chairmen | Secretary-General | |
| 1st | July 1949 | 1952 | Yang Hansheng | Yuan Muzhi | |
| 2nd | April 1954 | July 1960 | Cai Chusheng | Situ Huimin, Bai Yang, Sha Meng | |
| 3rd | July 1960 | 1966 | Cai Chusheng | Yu Ling, Tian Fang, Bai Yang, Ya Ma | |
| 4th | November 1979 | April 1985 | Xia Yan | Yu Ling, Bai Yang, Situ Huimin, Cheng Yin, Chen Huangmei, Zhang Junxiang, Yuan Wenshu | |
| 5th | April 1985 | August 1998 | Xia Yan | Su Yun, Situ Huimin, Wu Yigong, Xie Tieli, Yu Lan, Shi Fangyu | |
| 6th | August 1998 | 2003 | Xie Tieli | Ding Yinnan, Wang Xiaotang, Liu Jianzhong, Su Shuyang, Wu Yigong, Li Guomin, Li Qiankuan, Li Xuejian, Xi Meijuan, Xie Fei, Pan Hong | |
| 7th | 23 December 2003 | 26 December 2008 | Xia Yigong | Li Pingfen, Li Qiankuan, Li Xuejian, Xi Meijuan, Kang Jianmin, Tong Gang, Xie Fei, Sai Fu, Pan Hong | |
| 8th | 26 December 2008 | 1 December 2013 | Li Qiankuan | Yin Li, Feng Xiaogang, Jackie Chan, Li Pingfen, Li Xuejian, Zhang Huijun, Xi Meijuan, Kang Jianmin, Tong Gang, Pan Hong | |
| 9th | 1 December 2013 | 28 December 2018 | Li Xuejian | Wang 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 |
| 10th | December 29, 2018 | Chen Daoming | Yu Dong, Yin Li, Yin Hong, Jackie Chan, Ren Zhonglun, Su Xiaowei, Wu Jing, Zhang Hong, Zhang Hanyu, Huang Bo, La Peikang | ||
| 11th | January 2024 | 30 January 2024 | Chen Daoming | Yu 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:- Hundred Flowers Awards, mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, since 1962
- Golden Rooster Awards, mainland China, since 1981
Academic journal
Popular Movies World Screen Film Art World Movies- ''Annals of China Movies''