Further construction at the culture creativity industrial park in Lingshan Bay on the west coast of Qingdao, Shandong province, is now under way. The park plans to become a new base appealing to the film and TV talent in the country and promoting the cultural brand of the city.

It has served a number of TV and film agencies and technicians. [Photo/Qingdao Daily]

So far, the number of registered film and TV production companies in the Lingshan Bay Film and TV Industry Park has reached 32, and over 100 cultural creativity companies have shown interest in settling there, according to the Qingdao Daily reported.

The park has 30 film studios and an exterior base is being constructed. It has served a number of TV and film agencies and technicians, including the shooting crew of The Great Wall, the epic film directed by Zhang Yimou. They were the first crew to film in the park.

The construction is under way. [Photo/Qingdao Daily]

Compared with other domestic film bases such as the Hengdian Film Base in Zhejiang, which is well-known for ancient costume TV productions, Lingshan Bay has unique advantages with its coastal landscape and natural scenery, said He Mu, producer at the Shandong Film and TV Group.

After the whole project goes into operation in 2017, Lingshan Bay will form an industrial cluster featuring film and TV productions, conventions and exhibitions, and theme parks and entertainment, with the overall industrial scale expected to reach 100 billion yuan ($15.2 billion).