Culture express

Audiences await the fruits of a coproduction deal that's serving as an encouragement to filmmakers in China and South Korea. Wang Kaihao reports.

When Tang Wei recently stepped on the red carpet at the Busan International Film Festival that is still underway in South Korea, Chinese moviegoers had one more reason to take note of films from the neighboring country. The popular Chinese actress had just announced her marriage to South Korean director Kim Tae-yong.

In July, China's State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television, and the South Korean ministry of culture, sports and tourism, signed a film-coproduction agreement to promote closer bilateral ties.