Today, the "Investment Promotion and Promotion Conference of Qingdao Oriental Movie Metropolis" at the Hong Kong International Film & TV Market was held at the "Shandong Pavilion" of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Liu Shengqin, a member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and Minister of the Publicity Department, led the team. With the theme of "Leading the Film Industry and Achieving Chinese Blockbusters", they promoted Qingdao's film and television preferential policies and the hardware advantages of the film and television base to people in the Chinese and foreign film and television industries.

It is understood that the "Shandong Pavilion" was specially built for Shandong Province's participation in this film exhibition. The pavilion takes "The World Capital of Film, Leading the Film Industry, and Achieving Chinese Blockbusters" as its theme and mainly promotes the Qingdao Oriental Movie Metropolis. Visually, it features the posters and props of "The Wandering Earth 2". This promotion conference is also a key project of the "Shandong Pavilion" at the Hong Kong International Film & TV Market. At the promotion conference, representatives of leading film companies such as Chinese Filmmaker Holdings Limited and Universe Entertainment Limited, representatives of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, and representatives of the international film and television industry attended. People from all walks of life had in-depth exchanges on topics such as how to build a film and television exchange platform, strengthen the organic combination of modern technology and film and television bases, and promote the high-quality development of the film and television culture industry.

At the promotion conference, the hardware advantages of Qingdao Oriental Movie Metropolis, such as 40 international top-standard sound stages, Asia's largest indoor and outdoor integrated underwater production center, and the world-leading motion capture and virtual shooting digital studio, received widespread attention from the industry and were highly praised. Gui Youming, Senior Vice President of CMC Inc., said on the spot that "Project Moscow" was filmed in Qingdao last year, and he felt that the film and television supporting facilities and services in Qingdao had reached an international level. He plans to return to Qingdao to film a new project next year.

It is reported that the 2023 Hong Kong International Film & TV Market is hosted by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council and is the first to be held offline since 2019. This film exhibition will last until March 16. During this period, Liu Shengqin will lead Qingdao filmmakers to visit leading film companies in Hong Kong such as Emperor Motion Pictures, Media Asia Films, and Universe Entertainment Limited, and have exchanges with the Hong Kong Ta Kung Wen Wei Media Group, Phoenix Television Hong Kong, and the School of Film at Hong Kong Baptist University, and conduct in-depth discussions on the layout of the modern film and television industry, the international cooperation of Qingdao's film and television industry, and the dissemination of the city's cultural image.