Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c11.s5.t2.4

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In mainland China, during the Communist regime films were produced only under the aegis of the Central Communist government and were considered as an important mass production art form and tool for propaganda. It was only in the 1980s, after the Economic Reform and Open-door Policy were initiated, that Chinese films began to be exported and screened outside China. With the rise of the fifth generation of Chinese filmmakers, Originally a transplanted art, film is soon localised and becomes one of the most popular entertainments and a major component of mass culture. Indian film industry was founded a century ago, and is one of the oldest in the world.