Panel 16: 9:00am-11:40am, May 4 (Tuesday, Hong Kong time), Animation Research, Education, and Publication in Mainland China (in Chinese), chaired by Weihua Wu, Communication University of China, PRC    

“A Brief History of Animation Theory in Mainland China,” NIE Xinru East China Normal University, PRC  

“How Animation Research Institutes in China Promote the Development of Chinese Animation,” ZHONG Yuanbo , Chengdu University, PRC

“Flourishing from Barrenness—The Birth and Development of Animation Education in Mainland China,” AI Shengying , Communication University of China, PRC

“The Journal Contemporary Animation and Chinese Animation Academia,” TAN Qiuwen , China Film Art Research Center, PRC   

“An Overview of Animation-Related Publications in Mainland China,” ZHAO Jun and CHEN Mo , Communication University of China Press, PRC