The city of Jinan [Photo/VCG]

The Jinan Area of the China (Shandong) Pilot Free Trade Zone was approved as one of the national culture export bases by the Ministry of Commerce, the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, the National Radio and Television Administration.

Located in Jinan’s Lixia district, the base has more than 2,000 intangible cultural heritages, more than 500 cultural enterprises, nine overseas exchange stations and four overseas cultural exchange centers. The Jinan Greenland Global Commodity Trading Hub, which is situated in the Jinan FTZ, aims to introduce more high-quality products from around the world to Jinan.

The approval will help promote the development of the cultural industry in the Jinan Area of China (Shandong) Pilot Free Trade Zone and Jinan Central Business District.

Jinan has in recent years been making great efforts to promote its cultural industry. Building a national cultural export base is an important means to promoting the high-quality development of foreign cultural trade and Chinese culture to the world.