In a report by The Hollywood Reporter (//http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/china-film-import-quota-increase-696708) Clifford Coonan talks about movie going in China. In the United States, movies are an enormous industry, raking in $10 billion in 2013. However now Hollywood has its eyes on China. In 2017 China is going to revisit their quota for movie imports. This will happen as they continue to fulfill requirements with the World Trade Organization.
Now we should not be surprised that China limits foreign movies to a total of 34 per year. China has a oppressive government and movies can be a way for them to lose power. They can challenge authority and fill people with rebellious ideas. However the government is not quite ready to open up the market completely, much to the heartbreak of Hollywood. the CCP does not want to have a burst of new American films and threaten domestic industry, or lose control of the citizenry.
Those movies that do make it into China may be censored and that is a huge problem according to the article. As a result it looks like the Hollywood producers will have to wait to show their big ticket films. China is not quite ready for that kind of openness.
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