Special Supplement: Animated moves fuel cartoon sector

Cities in the productive Pearl River Delta area of south China have introduced incentive policies to support the development of the cartoon and animation industry, a sunrise sector with great market potential.

Analysts said Guangzhou might outperform its neighboring competitors given its generous fiscal input to the sector and stronger industrial base.

Since the central government issued a document in May 2006 to promote the development of the cartoon and animation industry, the governments of Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Dongguan and Foshan worked out their own strategies to fuel the business, offering land, funding, talent and intellectual property rights protection.