Since the Reform and Opening-up over three decades ago, China's cultural market has grown from scratch and expanded significantly, presenting a thriving landscape. Traditional forms of cultural dissemination have been largely replaced by new media, greatly facilitating and transforming cultural exchange. New channels such as audio-video products, mobile phones, and the internet provide faster and more convenient access to spiritual and cultural resources.
The vibrancy and expansion of the cultural market, while enriching public spiritual life, have also introduced various conflicts and issues, demanding higher standards for market management. Currently, China has established a multi-tiered management network encompassing central, provincial, municipal (prefectural), and county-level cultural market regulatory agencies, adopting a comprehensive oversight model that prioritizes legal measures while integrating administrative, economic, and public supervision mechanisms. However, due to the late inception, underdevelopment, severe regional imbalances, and diverse business ownership structures in China's cultural market, practical management across provinces and cities faces numerous challenges and disparities. Therefore, further research into the functions and methodologies of cultural market management holds profound significance.
Against this backdrop, CnOpenData presents the Directory of Cultural Market Business Entities, containing administrative licensing information for over 300,000 cultural market entities nationwide, including fields such as institution name, license/filing number, region, market type, and scope of business. This dataset supports relevant academic research.
Time Coverage
As of 2023.04.30 (updatable upon request)
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Annual updates