Headlines From China: Beijing Enlight Media Selected Legacy Entertainment to Design Its ‘Enlight Epicenter’ in China

Beijing Enlight Media Selected Legacy Entertainment to Design Its ‘Enlight Epicenter’ in China

China’s largest privately-owned media group, Beijing Enlight Media, has picked Hollywood-based theme entertainment design firm Legacy Entertainment as its primary partner to develop the company’s ambitious studios and theme park project “Enlight Epicenter”. Located in the eastern city of Yangzhou, the “Enligh Epicenter” is Enlight Media’s first foray into the location based entertainment sector. The entire center, according to the report, will encompass a total area of 651 acres and cover a wide variety of uses, including a world-class theme park, along with expensive film and television production facilities. Read more InPark Magazine

Realistic TV Drama Recounts China’s Poverty Alleviation Stories

“Mining Town,” a 23-episode TV series based on the decades-long battle against poverty in Northwest China’s Ningxia Hui autonomous region, has quickly made a splash online since it is released on several satellite TV channels and streaming sites on Jan 12. Set in Xihaigu, the impoverished mountainous area in southern Ningxia, the tale chronicles locals’ effort to get rid of poverty with assistance from the prosperous Fujian province from early 1990s to recent years. Read more China Daily