As the animation industry started earlier in one of the provinces, these years, the animation industry in Shanxi's attention and support to spare no effort. With the animation base in Shanxi, creative Industry Street, Animation Valley, etc. have been established, from the original Shanxi local animation products have also won the national and even international awards, the entire industry in a period of rapid development.
Relevant data show that 2009, the animation industry in Shanxi province to achieve output value of 850 million yuan, 2010 years before the realization of the three-quarter output value of 1.16 billion yuan, 2011 to 2013 always maintain more than 20% growth rate, 2014 output value has nearly 2 billion, the country ranked 13th.
In a few short years, the animation industry in Shanxi experienced a rapid development process from scratch. This is closely related to the policy inclination and attention of Shanxi Province to the cartoon industry.
2006, according to the government guidance, market operation, cluster development, brand management principles, Taiyuan High-tech zone issued a "encourage the development of creative industries, interim measures" and "encourage the development of animation and game industry to promote the implementation of the Rules" and other policies. In the same year, Taiyuan High-tech zone invested 23 million yuan to establish Shanxi Creative Industrial Park, and special investment in the park. At present, the park is located in animation enterprises accounted for 80% of the total province.
December 2007, Taiyuan issued the "on the encouragement and support animation industry development opinion", clearly will include animation games, including the cultural and creative industries as a modern service industry to give priority to support, and formulated the corresponding preferential policies, clear by the Government to establish support animation industry development special funds, The annual total of not less than 30 million yuan, for the animation industry public Technology Service platform construction, animation original project subsidy, award-winning works of animation awards, support and encourage the development of animation games industry.
August 2008, Taiyuan High-tech zone established the "Shanxi animation game Industry Development base", which is approved by Shanxi Province listed the first cultural industry base.
2009, Taiyuan High-tech zone and Shanghai Art film studio launched strategic cooperation, jointly build "Animation Valley", for the Shanxi animation Enterprises to provide a new platform for the display and service platform. High-tech zone arranges special funds every year for encouragement and support to creative industries.
2011, Shanxi Province issued the "Office of Shanxi Provincial People's government forwarded the provincial Culture Hall on the promotion of animation industry development of the implementation of the notice", continue to support the "creative" as the core to animation, comics for the form of expression, set film and television, books, publishing and clothing, toys, Games, such as the development of derivative products as one of the intensive animation industry, aimed to cultivate the culture of Shanxi Province as a new economic growth point.
After several years of development, the animation base in Shanxi Province has a digital port, creative Industry Street, "Animation Valley" and other cultural and creative business incubator, the total construction area of 140,000 square meters, gathered all kinds of creative enterprises more than 130, of which animation game enterprises nearly 40. In recent years, the animation Works 200 dozen, more than 50,000 minutes. In the promotion of policy support, the animation industry in Shanxi Province has entered a rapid development period.