Over 30 domestic films in the works

The one-minute trailer released earlier this month received nearly 370,000 clicks on the video-streaming site iQiyi.com.

Kung Fu Panda 3, the third installment of the highest-grossing animated franchise in the history of Chinese cinema, also has the backing of China Film Group.

Other movies in line to be released next year include China's Salesman, the sequel of the 2013 hit comedy American Dreams in China, and the military-themed feature Our Wars, which is about the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-53).

Also being released next year is the Chinese remake of Julia Roberts' 1997 hit romance comedy My Best Friend's Wedding. The film starring Shu Qi and Feng Shaofeng is another key project from China Film Co.

Chinese sci-fi movies are also on the list. The Arctic, about humans being under attacks from mysterious creatures, will be released in 2016. The Wandering Earth and The Era of Supernova－both adapted from the Hugo Award-winning Liu Cixin's novels－are in the pipeline.

Revolutionary films, a genre familiar to state-owned China Film Co, will continue be a popular segment in 2016. The list of films in this group includes Jian Jun Da Ye (The Founding of an Army), the finale of a trilogy chronicling New China's history, and The External Wave, a remake of a 1958 classic.

China's annual box-office takings for 2015 were nearly 42 billion yuan as of Tuesday, up 47.1 percent year on year, says La Peikang, chairman of China Film Co.

The figures show that domestic filmmakers have lots of opportunity in the fast-growing market and that the firm will make use of its advantage to boost the local industry, says La.

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