| 21-8 Film Production | ||||||||
| Number of | Feature Films | Cartoons | Popular | Documentary | ||||
| Year | Feature Film | (film) | (reel) | Science Films | Films | |||
| Studios | (reel) | (reel) | ||||||
| 1952 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 41 | 157 | |||
| 1957 | 11 | 40 | 5 | 84 | 272 | |||
| 1962 | 16 | 34 | 17 | 94 | 133 | |||
| 1965 | 16 | 52 | 21 | 240 | 378 | |||
| 1975 | 15 | 27 | 11 | 214 | 313 | |||
| 1978 | 12 | 46 | 26 | 289 | 202 | |||
| 1979 | 17 | 65 | 25 | 349 | 317 | |||
| 1980 | 17 | 82 | 32 | 337 | 242 | |||
| 1981 | 19 | 105 | 33 | 277 | 276 | |||
| 1982 | 19 | 112 | 33 | 284 | 259 | |||
| 1983 | 19 | 127 | 37 | 343 | 299 | |||
| 1984 | 20 | 144 | 37 | 387 | 337 | |||
| 1985 | 20 | 127 | 45 | 357 | 419 | |||
| 1986 | 20 | 134 | 46 | 383 | 417 | |||
| 1987 | 22 | 146 | 45 | 353 | 347 | |||
| 1988 | 22 | 158 | 38 | 344 | 350 | |||
| 1989 | 22 | 136 | 53 | 334 | 259 | |||
| 1990 | 22 | 134 | 51 | 326 | 296 | |||
| 1991 | 22 | 130 | 46 | 351 | 283 | |||
| 1992 | 22 | 170 | 56 | 354 | 307 | |||
| 1993 | 22 | 154 | 47 | 252 | 300 | |||
| 1994 | 22 | 148 | 32 | 182 | 22 | |||
| 1995 | 30 | 146 | 37 | 40 | 111 | |||
| 1996 | 30 | 110 | 58 | 33 | 39 | |||
| 1997 | 31 | 88 | 28 | 34 | 95 | |||
| 1998 | 31 | 82 | 9 | 30 | 54 | |||
| 2000 | 31 | 91 | 1 | 49 | 10 | |||
| 2001 | 27 | 88 | 1 | 56 | 9 | |||
| a) The number of feature film studios in this table only includes those approved by the State Council. | ||||||||