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<p>This financial year, the Foreign & Commonwealth Office has funded one project
in China working with the fashion industry, with £65,420 funds allocated. This project
involves UK cultural institutions and Higher Education providers working with Chinese
policymakers and fashion professionals.</p><p> </p><p>The FCO has funded three projects
working with the TV and film industry in China. These projects are all implemented
by British organisations working with China's film industry and television production
companies and policy makers improve skills, expertise, and policy frameworks for operating
in international markets. One project, with £80,000 funds allocated, is designed to
enhance UK-China collaboration, including on co-productions and film exports. Another
project, with £79,325 funds allocated, supports building of capacity building in the
Chinese TV industry. The third project, with £28,390 funds allocated, is designed
to strengthen skills and Intellectual Property protection in Jiangsu's creative sector.</p><p>
</p><p>All these projects aim to develop China's domestic and international creative
and cultural industries, and to generate opportunities for international business,
including UK companies already in China and other UK companies seeking access to the
growing Chinese market. As an example, at the annual high-level People to People Dialogue
between UK and Chinese Ministers in December, the UK agreed a TV Co-Production Treaty
with China, which will deliver a boost of around £55m per year for the UK television
industry by helping UK exporters access the Chinese market. FCO projects in these
sectors help develop links between UK and Chinese companies.</p>
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