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China Daily | Updated: 2008-12-02 07:49
Dec 1, 1983
Cinema boom spreads to countryside
Latest figures show that a total of 8,000 cinemas have been set up in China's small towns since 1978, and 100,000 film projection teams now work in rural areas.
In 1982, audiences totaling 19 billion attended 24 million film shows in China's countryside. On the average, each farmer saw 24 shows during the year.
Collective funds have been used to set up 90 percent of the cinemas. The remaining 10 percent was government money.
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Villagers of Maliandian, a rural residential center 15 km north of Beijing, live in new two-storey houses, which shows farmers' housing conditions have improved. |
(China Daily 12/02/2008 page9)
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