Filmmakers told to keep up good work in new era

President Xi Jinping encouraged Chinese filmmakers to create even more stellar works in the new era in remarks read at the opening ceremony of the five-day 28th Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival on Tuesday in Xiamen, Fujian province.

Huang Kunming, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, conveyed Xi's words in his keynote speech at the ceremony, with the president praising the country's filmmakers for having created many excellent films and classic characters over the past 70 years.

Xi stressed that in the new era, Chinese filmmakers should strive to create stories revolving around people and endeavor to make excellent films the core of their work.