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The so-called "writing your own articles" is a summary of Mao Zedong’s writing style, which he explained and explained, that is, he insisted on writing his own speeches, reports, academic articles, and did not need others, including his so-called friends and comrades within his jurisdiction. Mao Zedong once made it clear that it is dangerous for leading cadres to let others write articles on their behalf.

First, "I wrote all my documents by myself"

Mao Zedong’s life of participating in and leading China’s revolution and construction can also be said to be a life of writing articles on ideological and political education. On the banks of the Xiang River in Hunan Province, young Mao Zedong devoted himself to the great revolutionary cause and wrote a masterpiece that shocked the world. Under the kerosene lamp of the octagonal building in Jinggangshan, on the long journey of the Red Army’s Long March, in the caves of the Loess Plateau in northern Shaanxi, and in the office of Zhongnanhai in Beijing, he wrote thousands of great works to mobilize and educate the whole party, the whole army and the people of all ethnic groups throughout the country to fight for China’s revolution and construction. After studying Mao Zedong’s articles for many years, I feel that an important feature of his style of ideological and political education is "writing your own articles". Reading all kinds of versions of Mao Zedong’s biography, what I see most is that various meetings held by the Central Committee discussed and passed a certain document drafted by Mao Zedong, or the meeting decided that Mao Zedong was responsible for drafting the document. The Biography of Mao Zedong published by the Central Literature Publishing House clearly records: "All the works of Mao Xuan were written by Mao Zedong himself. Only a few speeches were edited and finalized by others according to his speech records. " He once said, "I write all my documents by myself. It’s just that when I’m sick, I speak and others write for me. In 1947, I wrote The Current Situation and Our Tasks, which was written by Jiang Qing. I revised it after she wrote it. After I revised it, I asked En Lai and Bi to talk about it, and then I changed it. After you watch it again, broadcast it. It is dangerous to ask others to write articles. At that time, many articles criticizing the Kuomintang, issued by Xinhua News Agency, were written by myself. "(2) According to Jiang Zemin, Mao Zedong’s security staff in Yan ‘an, it was very hard for Mao Zedong to write articles. At that time, there was no electricity in Yan ‘an area. At night, when Mao Zedong wrote an article, he lit a candle, and the candlelight was dim, which affected his eyesight and easily made his eyes tired. When Mao Zedong was tired of writing, he rubbed his sore eyes and continued to write. After a night, his face is often covered with smoke and dust. British writer Dick? In his Mao Zedong, Wilson described in detail: During his three months in Yangjiagou, Yan ‘an from the beginning of 1948 to March, Mao Zedong kept writing books and comprehensively summarized various issues from military strategy to dealing with the middle class in the liberated areas, land reform, economic policy, democracy within the army, administrative efficiency within the party and so on. When my handwriting is numb, I exercise my fingers by holding a stone. ① To study Mao Zedong’s writing style, the author thinks that the first thing to learn is Mao Zedong’s writing style of "writing your own articles".

Second, write in the name of others when necessary.

Mao Zedong not only insists on writing his own articles, but also often writes articles in the name of others when necessary. From his style of writing, we feel that Mao Zedong wrote articles for his career, to solve problems, not for his personal "name".

(a) written in the name of the Central Propaganda Department

From August 22 to 25, 1937, the Central Committee held the Luochuan Conference in northern Shaanxi. At that time, the anti-Japanese war situation was that the government’s anti-Japanese war had begun and won the support of the people, but the people had not participated in it on a large scale. In this context, the Luochuan Conference studied political tasks, military affairs, the relationship between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and discussed and adopted the Central Committee’s Decision on the Current Situation and the Party’s Tasks, the Ten-Point Program for Resisting Japan and Saving the Nation, and the Struggle for the Victory of the Anti-Japanese War. Among them, the article Struggle for the Victory of the Anti-Japanese War was a propaganda and agitation outline drafted by Mao Zedong in the name of the Central Propaganda Department.

(2) Written in the name of Xinhua News Agency.

Mao Zedong often wrote articles for or in the name of Xinhua News Agency according to the needs of the situation and tasks, and this habit was maintained until his later years. Among them, the most classic is the military propaganda report he wrote in order to cooperate with major campaigns during the war years, which was timely and powerful. In 1948, the People’s Liberation Army turned into a full-scale counterattack. While directing the three major battles of Liaoshen, Huaihai and Pingjin, Mao Zedong also directed the Xinhua News Agency to publicize and report major battles, which complemented the military operations.

1. A review of World War I.

On October 22, 1948, our army in the Central Plains liberated Zhengzhou. On the same day, Mao Zedong wrote the news of "Our Army Liberated Zhengzhou" for Xinhua News Agency, highlighting the strategic significance of occupying Zhengzhou by explaining the geographical background. It is pointed out that Zhengzhou is the intersection of Pinghan and Longhai railways and has always been a military center. Because of the emergency in Xuzhou, Chiang Kai-shek was forced to transfer three armies stationed in Sun Yuanliang of Zhengzhou Corps to the east. Zhengzhou garrison was weak, and when our troops arrived, they fled desperately. At present, the zhongmou county in the east and west of Zhengzhou and the Yellow River Bridge on the back are cut off by our army, and the fleeing enemy will be quickly annihilated.

2. Many comments on World War I

On November 5, 1948, Mao Zedong wrote the news that our army occupied Nanyang in the Central Plains for Xinhua News Agency, which was a rare masterpiece. Firstly, the article brilliantly uses the historical background to explain the strategic significance of our army’s occupation of Nanyang, which writes: "Nanyang is Guwan County, where Cao Cao and Zhang Xiu fought for the Three Kingdoms. Liu Xiu, the later Emperor Guangwu, fought here, launched a war against Wang Mang Dynasty and founded the post-Han Dynasty. Twenty-eight nights, that is, Liu Xiu’s 28 main cadres, were mostly born in Nanyang. " Then, with a change of pen, we discussed the war situation through our army’s one-year record: "In July last year, since the People’s Liberation Army on the southern line began to make a heroic March behind enemy lines, in more than a year, besides annihilating a large number of regular Kuomintang troops, the greatest achievements were in Dabie Mountain (Hubei and Henan), western Anhui, western Henan, southern Shaanxi, Tongbai, Jianghan and Jianghuai areas (that is, eastern Anhui) ? Bai Chongxi often said,’ I’m not afraid of communist party’s fierceness, but I’m afraid that communist party will take root’, and he was right. We are in all areas of Jianghuai and Hehan, not only trees, but also forests. Not only did it take root, but it also flourished. " (1) Hu Qiaomu later pointed out that when recalling this past, press releases like "Our Army Occupied Nanyang in the Central Plains" were not the second in the news history of ancient and modern China and foreign countries. This article is very elegant, concise and natural, and naturally links the war of liberation with allusions in China’s history.It just reflected that our victorious March at that time was full of sweeping style.

3. Series of comments

Since January 1949, in order to meet the needs of the political and military struggle at that time, Mao Zedong has successively written Comments on War Criminals for Xinhua News Agency (January 5), Why did the divided reactionaries cry for "all-round peace" in vain (February 15), The Kuomintang reactionaries changed from "calling for peace" to calling for war (February 16), and Comments on the Kuomintang’s responsibility for war. "(April 4) and other articles. This series of news comments, like a round of accurate artillery shells, effectively cooperated with our party’s struggle against American imperialism and its lackeys, the Kuomintang reactionaries, and also left a brilliant chapter in the party’s news propaganda history.

(three) written in the name of the spokesman.

In March 1948, Mao Zedong, in the name of the spokesman of the People’s Liberation Army of China, drafted "Comment on the Great Victory in Northwest China and Comment on the New Army-building Movement of the People’s Liberation Army". At that time, the background was that the attack of the Kuomintang army in the northwest battlefield had been shattered, the People’s Liberation Army had turned to attack, and a large number of Kuomintang officers and men either rebelled and surrendered or were captured and incorporated into our army. This commentary written by Mao Zedong emphasizes the great significance of using the methods of "complaining" and "three investigations" to carry out the new army consolidation movement. Complaining is complaining about the sufferings given to the working people by the old society and reactionaries; The third check is to check the class, check the work and check the fighting spirit. The commentary said that after the great victory in the northwest, the liberation army carried out a new army consolidation movement by complaining and three investigations, which made the Kuomintang soldiers who had just joined our army become effective PLA overnight, proving that the People’s Liberation Army will be invincible in the world.

(4) Writing in the name of subordinates

Few leading cadres can do this now. Usually, what you can often hear is that government departments or someone write speeches and articles for leaders. Some government officials even say, "When you write speeches for leaders, leaders can have a clear idea, so don’t change and burn incense." It is rare to hear leaders write articles in the name of subordinates or subordinates. In this respect, Mao Zedong is a model for us to learn. All the articles he writes according to the needs of the situation and tasks are not necessarily in his own name, and whoever publishes them in his own name will be used.

1. Write in the name of Xu Xiangqian.

On October 18th, 1936, Mao Zedong wrote to Hu Zongnan in the name of Xu Xiangqian according to the needs of the military front struggle between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, saying that the two sides should put aside their differences and mend fences. Xu Xiangqian, a native of Wutai, Shanxi Province, was born in the first phase of Whampoa Military Academy and was then the commander-in-chief of the Fourth Army of the Red Army. Hu Zongnan, a native of Xiaofeng, Zhejiang Province, was born in Huangpu Phase I and was then the commander of the First Kuomintang Army. In a letter written in the name of Xu Xiangqian, Mao Zedong said: "If our teachers, students and classmates can put aside their differences, restore the United front of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and fight to the death against Japanese imperialism, the greatest enemy of the Chinese nation, and defend the country and the people, revenge and revenge will be today." The next day, Mao Zedong sent this letter of credit telegram to Zhu De, Zhang Guotao, Xu Xiangqian and Chen Changhao, and asked them to "please send it to Hu Zongnan by special letter, and print multiple copies and send it to all armies." ①

2. Write in the name of Zhu De

In August 1945, when the Japanese invaders announced their surrender but had not yet implemented it, Chiang Kai-shek’s government, with the assistance of American imperialism, attempted to monopolize the right to accept Japan’s surrender, and under the pretext of being surrendered, dispatched troops to attack the liberated areas and actively prepared for civil war. On 13th and 15th, Mao Zedong wrote two telegrams to Chiang Kai-shek in the name of Zhu De, Commander-in-Chief of the 18th Army. The first one exposed Chiang Kai-shek’s counter-revolutionary features and educated people all over the country to be alert to Chiang Kai-shek’s civil war plot. The second telegram further exposed Chiang Kai-shek’s plot to prepare for civil war, and put forward communist party’s six propositions on stopping civil war. These two telegrams played a very important role at that time, and they were also famous in many messages written by Mao Zedong in the name of Zhu De. Later, they were published in Volume 4 of Selected Works of Mao Zedong, entitled "Two Telegrams from the Commander-in-Chief of the Eighteenth Army to Chiang Kai-shek".

3. Write in the name of Zhou Enlai

In 1950, the situation in Pyongyang was tense. Mao Zedong is highly concerned about this, and he thinks deeply and carefully about how to help them, sometimes even taking into account the specific work details. At 1 a.m. on October 15th, Mao Zedong drafted a telegram in the name of Foreign Minister Zhou Enlai to China’s Ambassador to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Ni Zhiliang to the Prime Minister of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Kim Il Sung. The telegram wrote, "Please send a comrade who is familiar with the road to Anton to meet with Comrade Peng Dehuai and Comrade Kim Il Sung on October 16th. If Ambassador Ni can’t find Comrade Kim Il Sung, please send someone to Anton to meet him. Zhou Enlai on October 15th at 1 am "(1).

4. Write in the name of Peng Dehuai.

After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, Chiang Kai-shek’s Kuomintang clique retreated to Taiwan Province and, with the support of U.S. imperialism, constantly harassed and destroyed the mainland. In August 1958, the Central Military Commission decided to shell Jinmen. In order to oppose the United States’ plot to create "two China" and expand the contradiction between the United States and the Taiwan Province authorities, Mao Zedong sized up the situation and instructed Fujian frontline troops to stop shelling for two days at 8: 00 on October. At 2: 00 a.m. on October 6th, the Letter to Taiwan Province Compatriots drafted by Mao Zedong, the Minister of National Defense Marshal Peng Dehuai, was published. It was announced that the shelling would be stopped for seven days temporarily, and it was suggested that negotiations should be held to implement a peaceful settlement. In the early morning of the 13th, the Fujian frontline radio station broadcasted the order of Marshal Peng Dehuai, the defense minister drafted by Mao Zedong, to the Fujian frontline People’s Liberation Army: "From today, the shelling of Kinmen will be stopped for another two weeks, so as to observe the enemy’s dynamics and make the Kinmen military and civilian compatriots fully replenished, including food and military equipment, so as to help them stick to it." (2) In December 1961, following the instructions of the Central Military Commission on maintaining the stability of the Taiwan Province Strait and not taking the initiative to attack the Kuomintang troops in Kinmen, Fujian frontline troops took the initiative to stop the live-fire shelling. At this point, the shelling of Kinmen was over.

Three, the approval of the message carefully rewritten

Another advantage of Mao Zedong’s style of writing is that he takes his handwritten messages very seriously, and whenever he thinks it is necessary, he personally corrects them and takes pains. On the surface, Mao Zedong is responsible for writing, but in essence, he is responsible for his work and career, which is well worth studying by every leading cadre.

(A) the title changed to attractive

There are many such examples, and the typical one is the revision of the book "Socialist Climax in Rural China" after the founding of New China. This material book, called "Encyclopedia of Cooperative Movement", was edited by Mao Zedong in 1955. It collected 176 materials from all over the country, with more than 900,000 words. Mao Zedong personally wrote two prefaces and notes for 104 articles, which comprehensively reflected his basic guiding ideology for the agricultural cooperative movement and socialist construction, and also reflected the good wishes of the Chinese people for getting rid of poverty quickly and making the country rich and strong. Its publication has had a great impact on China’s socialist revolution and construction. According to Pang Xianzhi’s recollection, Mao Zedong redrafted the titles of most materials in the book "Climax", and changed some long, cumbersome and headache-making titles into vivid, vivid and powerful ones, which highlighted the theme of the article. For example, the original title of the material is "How People’s Livelihood and People’s Strong Agricultural Production Cooperatives in Zhan Zhuangzi Township, Dongxiao District, Tianjin, mobilize women to participate in field production", with a total of 33 words, and Mao Zedong changed it to "Women on the Labor Front", which is simple and clear, and captures the theme, making readers have an impression at a glance. Another example is the original title, "How did Daquan Mountain change from a desolate earth mountain into a tree-lined mountain full of flowers and fruits?" ",Mao Zedong changed to" look! Daquanshan has changed. As can be seen from the preserved manuscripts and various proofs, some titles were revised by Mao Zedong after repeated scrutiny. For example, the material of the Sanlousi Agricultural Production Cooperative,At the time of publication, the topic was "Lessons from the Almost Collapse of Sanlousi Agricultural Production Cooperative in Jieyu County, Shanxi Province". When reading the first proof, he changed it to "Lessons from the Almost Collapse of Sanlousi Agricultural Production Cooperative in Jieyu County", and when reading the second proof, he changed it to "Serious Lessons". ①

(2) The argument is changed to impeccable.

At the beginning of 1939, the friction between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party began to increase. In order to do the work, in the name of Xiao Jinguang, director of the rear office of the Eighth Route Army, the CPC Central Committee sent many cables, statements and notices to Chiang Kai-shek, Hu Zongnan and even the teachers and commissioners of the Kuomintang. These messages issued in the name of Xiao Jinguang were basically reviewed and revised by Mao Zedong himself. Xiao Jinguang recalled that when Mao Zedong revised these messages, he chose his words carefully and took great pains. In revising Xiao Jinguang’s telegram to Chiang Kai-shek and others, Mao Zedong deliberated repeatedly, and finally rewrote it into a passage like this: "At present, the Japanese invaders invaded the west on a large scale with a division, and Liulin and Jundu fell one after another. Our river defense forces are doing their best to give them a beating, and the fighting has been fierce for days. At present, the enemy is formidable, and there are disputes in the rear. It is really inappropriate to have another one. If one side is desperate to kill the enemy in the front, and the other side takes the opportunity to compete for the rear, it will be tantamount to using the blade to fund the enemy, and the future is dangerous. What can we imagine! ？” The subtext in this passage is to warn the die-hards not to continue to collude with the Japanese puppet government. When revising a telegram to Cheng Qian and Zhu Shaoliang, Mao Zedong added the sentence "It is reported that all actions are based on the newly issued plan to deal with the communist problem, but the subordinates only follow this plan", pointing out that the following people create friction, which has roots. In reviewing and correcting the telegram involving the invasion of our border area by Kuomintang troops, Mao Zedong repeatedly added the following words: "The range of 23 counties in the border area was designated by the generalissimo", and our army "did not cross the line of the original 23 counties". What this means is that you, Lao Jiang, personally admitted the 23 counties in the border area.It was decided after discussion at a formal meeting of the Kuomintang. Now you send troops to invade and renege, don’t you just hit yourself in the mouth? Xiao Jinguang later recalled that he had a better idea of how to adhere to the struggle strategy of combining principle with flexibility when he carefully pondered these words modified by Mao Zedong. (1) the author through careful study of these messages modified by Mao Zedong, truly realized that the revision of messages is not a trivial matter, it is not only a matter of writing level, but the embodiment of the overall level of a person, a group or even a party in specific messages. Only when you have the overall situation, ideas, methods and writing skills can you change a sentence or even a word in the message. To learn this style of writing in Mao Zedong, we need to learn from more aspects.

(C) the core points changed to specific and clear

Before the founding of New China in 1949, Zhou Enlai was responsible for drafting the draft Common Program of China People’s Political Consultative Conference. From September 3 to 11, when Mao Zedong revised this draft, he rewrote the following sentence: "When people’s congresses at all levels are not in session, government organs at all levels are people’s governments at all levels. The highest organ of state power is the National People’s Congress. When the National People’s Congress is not in session, the Central People’s Government is the highest organ exercising state power. " (2) The author has carefully studied the three sentences rewritten by Mao Zedong on the Common Program, and feels that each sentence is policy-oriented and will be implemented by the whole party and the whole country in the future. It should be said that all this was carefully thought out by Mao Zedong, and he should be highly responsible and stand the test of practice.

Four, require leaders at all levels to write in person.

Mao Zedong not only wrote his own articles, but also asked other comrades of the Party to write things by themselves, without a secretary. This requirement until his death can be said to be his lifelong requirement. On January 7, 1948, in order to reflect the situation in time, so that the Central Committee may help all localities not to make or make fewer mistakes in advance or afterwards, and strive for a greater victory in the revolutionary war, Mao Zedong stipulated the following reporting system in his article "On the Establishment of a Reporting System": "(1) The secretaries of all central bureaus and sub-bureaus are responsible (do it themselves, don’t do it for them) and make a comprehensive report to the Central Committee and its chairman every two months." "The report is limited to about 1,000 words at a time, and should not exceed 2,000 words at most except in special circumstances", "The content should be concise, the text should be concise, and the problems or disputes should be pointed out", "The date of the comprehensive report is the first half of a month, and the report is sent by telegram". As the chairman of the Party, he personally asked the secretaries of the C.O. bureaus to write reports to the Central Committee "by themselves, without letting the secretaries do it for him", which shows how profound Mao Zedong’s knowledge and understanding of leading cadres’ insistence on "writing their own articles" is.

The opening speeches of the Fifth and Eighth National Congress may be the only exception.

Mao Zedong’s reports and speeches at Party meetings are all made by himself, and he never lets others write for him. According to the biography of Mao Zedong published by Central Literature Publishing House, the opening speech of the Eighth National Congress of the Communist Party of China may be the only exception. On the eve of the opening of the Eighth National Congress of the Communist Party of China in 1956, Mao Zedong wrote two manuscripts to prepare the opening speech of the Eighth National Congress, but they were not finished. Perhaps he was dissatisfied with the manuscript he had written, or perhaps he was too busy at work, and Mao Zedong asked Chen Boda to draft it for him. On September 8th, he wrote to Chen Boda urging the drafting situation, but he was still not satisfied after receiving the manuscript, saying that it was too long and too far away. Then I asked Tian Jiaying to draft it, and said, "Don’t write too long. I’m relieved to have a manuscript in my pocket." There are only a few days before the opening of the conference, which is very urgent. At that time, Tian Jiaying was 34 years old and full of energy. He quickly rushed to write a first draft. Mao Zedong was satisfied with it. After making many important revisions and supplements by himself, Yang Shangkun asked relevant personnel to review and revise it. Later, the manuscript changed better and better, and Mao Zedong was satisfied. At the opening ceremony of the Eighth National Congress, the opening speech of less than 3,000 words was applauded 32 times. This story records that Mao Zedong’s articles are also written by others, but it can be seen that Mao Zedong plays a leading role, and he does not read what others write. At the same time, it also proves from another side that Mao Zedong’s documents are all written by himself or led by him.　

From 0: 00 to 24: 00 on February 19th, 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 195 newly confirmed cases. Among them, 94 cases were imported from abroad (32 cases in Guangdong, 23 cases in Shanghai, 13 cases in Jiangsu, 6 cases in Beijing, 4 cases in Fujian, 3 cases in Zhejiang, 3 cases in Shandong, 3 cases in Gansu, 2 cases in Guangxi, 2 cases in Sichuan, 1 case in Tianjin, 1 case in Liaoning and 1 case in Hubei), including 3 cases from asymptomatic infected persons to confirmed cases (2 cases in Guangdong and 1 case in Sichuan). 101 local cases (65 cases in Inner Mongolia, including 63 cases in Hohhot and 2 cases in Baotou; 16 cases in Jiangsu, all in Suzhou; 9 cases in Liaoning, all in Huludao City; 8 cases in Guangdong, all in Shenzhen; 3 cases in Yunnan, all in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture). There were no new deaths. There are no new suspected cases.

On that day, 55 new cases were cured and discharged, and 1641 people were released from close contact with medical observation. The number of severe cases decreased by 1 case compared with the previous day.

There are 829 confirmed cases (including 1 severe case) imported from abroad, and there are no existing suspected cases. A total of 13,399 cases were diagnosed, and 12,570 cases were cured and discharged, with no death.

As of 24: 00 on February 19, according to the reports of 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, there are 1622 confirmed cases (including 7 severe cases), 101,449 discharged cases have been cured, 4,636 cases have died, and 107,707 confirmed cases have been reported, with no existing suspected cases. A total of 1,578,614 close contacts were tracked, and 33,991 close contacts were still under medical observation.

31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 39 new cases of asymptomatic infections, including 35 imported cases and 4 local cases (2 cases in Sichuan, all in Luzhou City; 1 case in Inner Mongolia, in Baotou City; 1 case in Hainan, in Chengmai County); Three cases were confirmed on the same day (all imported from abroad); 43 cases were released from medical observation on the same day (42 cases were imported from abroad); There are 687 asymptomatic infected patients under medical observation (582 cases imported from abroad).

A total of 42,144 confirmed cases were reported from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Among them, there were 22,128 cases in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (15,963 cases discharged and 276 cases died), 79 cases in Macao Special Administrative Region (79 cases discharged) and 19,937 cases in Taiwan Province (13,742 cases discharged and 852 cases died).

Special feature of 1905 film network With the blessing of excellent films at home and abroad, the mainland film market in China delivered a satisfactory answer sheet in the first half of 2023.

According to the statistics of Cat’s Eye Professional Edition, as of 21: 00 on June 30th, the box office of China mainland film market in the first half of the year has reached 26.23 billion yuan, up more than 50% compared with 17.18 billion yuan last year. This also shows that after three years of epidemic, with the joint support of the audience and filmmakers, the China film market is still full of vitality.

The splendid Spring Festival file made the mainland film market welcome a good start in 2023. On the last day of the first month in 2023, the total box office of cinema films in China exceeded 10 billion, setting a record of breaking 10 billion at the fastest annual box office in China film history, and also becoming the best box office achievement in China film history in January.

The Dragon Boat Festival, which created the second best performance in the history of the same period, is the icing on the cake for the first half of the mainland film market in 2023. As of June 30th, thanks to the new Dragon Boat Festival film, the box office on weekdays has exceeded 200 million for five consecutive days.

Policy support+explosions frequently achieved 26.2 billion box office.

Domestic movies still play the role of the main box office.

In the first half of 2023, the overall box office exceeded 26.1 billion yuan, exceeding industry expectations. This has also greatly boosted the morale of filmmakers and increased the market’s confidence in the future development of China’s film industry.

He Yu, a data analyst at Cat’s Eye Research Institute, believes that there are two main reasons why the market can achieve such results: First, thanks to the strong support of the national policy for the film industry after the market is liberalized.

On the film supply side, six films in the Spring Festival in 2023 cover 11 themes to meet the needs of audiences of all ages. From February to June after the Spring Festival, a large number of domestic and imported new films continued to be supplied steadily, effectively pulling movie users back to the cinema.

According to the statistics of big data of Cat’s Eye Platform, the number of people watching movies and the frequency of watching movies during the big period in 2023 (from Spring Festival to May 1st, from May 1st to Dragon Boat Festival) have obviously increased compared with the same period in 2021. In addition to the supply, the pre-screening announcement period has also been greatly extended, which provides more time for the film to spread information to the public, which is conducive to maximizing the popularity of the film before screening and achieving higher box office.

In addition, on May 23rd, the policy of the Ministry of Finance and the State Film Bureau to exempt the special funds for the development of the national film industry in stages is also of great benefit to the development of the film industry in China at this stage. The exemption period from May 1, 2023 to October 31, 2023, covering the two prime periods of summer and National Day, will stimulate more new films to enter the market during this period and further promote the prosperity and development of the domestic film market.

Secondly, in the first half of this year, the overall quality of the film was high, with frequent explosions.

According to the cat’s eye score, in the first half of 2023, there were as many as 40 films with the audience’s ticket purchase score ≥9, exceeding 37 films in 2022. A number of excellent films have been released one after another, accelerating the recovery of the film market.

The Spring Festival file and the "dual-core drive" helped the Spring Festival file in 2023 to achieve the second best performance in the history of the total box office. In 2023, the "520" file set a record for the single-day box office of "520" in China film history with 332 million yuan.

In addition, the May 1st stall, the Dark Horse "Disappeared She" in the Dragon Boat Festival stall, etc., are also applauded and popular. Japanese animation "Journey to the Bell Bud" ranks first and second in the box office of Japanese movies in the history of China Mainland with its IP and high-quality content.

In the first half of 2023, China mainland film market, domestic films still played the role of the main box office.

According to statistics, in the first half of 2023, there were 30 movies with box office exceeding 100 million. Among them, there are 18 domestic films and 12 imported films. Among these 30 works, compared with domestic films, the imported films are mainly superhero films and animated films.

It is worth mentioning that in the first half of 2023, five films that broke the box office of 1 billion were all domestic films, with a total box office of 12.821 billion yuan. Among them, the cumulative box office of the new films "Man Jiang Hong" and "Wandering Earth 2" in the Spring Festival in 2023 exceeded 4 billion yuan.

In the first half of 2023, five films broke 1 billion.

Comedy and suspense works are more likely to explode.

The mainstream audience is getting older.

In the first half of 2023, domestic films containing comedy and suspense elements are more likely to explode.

This year’s Spring Festival, the script "Man Jiang Hong" with strong style, skillfully integrated comedy and suspense elements, and dedicated a Rashomon drama to the audience. In the end, the cumulative box office of the film reached 4.544 billion yuan, which not only created a new high in the box office of the director’s career, but also temporarily ranked as the single box office champion in the mainland film market in 2023.

The pure comedy Unfamiliar in Life released on May 1st has benefited from the double advantages of genre advantages and relaxed competitive environment, and the cumulative box office has reached 1.183 billion yuan. The box office success of the film fully shows that comedy is still just needed by the market. This film is also the second film with a box office of over one billion after 2018 in the May 1st file of China Film History.

At present, The Disappeared She, which is being shown, is full of suspense elements, and the cumulative box office has exceeded 1.8 billion yuan. The film is based on real events, which is highly topical in society and has broken circles.

In addition, the age range of the main audience in the market is quietly changing, showing an upward trend.

At the opening forum of the 25th Shanghai International Film Festival held in Jin Jue in early June, Fu Ruoqing, chairman of China Film Group, said frankly that "from the start of film industrialization in China to now, the mainstream audience has grown up by about 20 years, and with the entry of new audiences, they have a greater demand for empathy and resonance in movies, so localized stories are more popular." The group resonance caused by domestic films such as "She Disappeared" makes the works more realistic.

"Midnight box office sells very well! Why is it a midnight show? That is, when the old people and children are asleep, the couple will go out to see a movie. " For the growth of the mainstream audience’s age, the chairman of Bona Film is also deeply touched. Yu Dong believes that the main consumers of movies are mostly middle-aged, and they value the level of film storytelling more.

In the first half of 2023, the film market in China has closed beyond expectations. With the blessing of new films in July, the mainland film market started optimistically in the second half, and the summer file in 2023 is also expected to return to the era of 10 billion box office.