Wanda opens first movie theme park in Wuhan

Wanda's Movie Park [Photo/Chutian Metropolitan Daily]

China's Dalian Wanda group, has opened its first Movie Theme Park in the central Chinese city of Wuhan.

The Chinese conglomerate that controls the AMC cinema chain in North America, gave official openings to its latest entertainment industry extravaganza over the weekend.

Chairman Wang Jianlin headed the ceremony to open the Wanda Movie Park, which claims to be the world's first indoor theme park.

The company will compete with Disney, DreamWorks and Universal, which all have theme park ambitions in China.

Wanda plans to open more theme parks across the country. The company has already become China's largest private sector cinema chain and a major distributor and film financier.

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