| 22-21Basic Statistics on Film Production | ||||||
| Number of | Feature Films | Cartoons | Popular | Documentary | Special | |
| Year | Feature Film | (film) | (reel) | Science Films | Films | Films |
| Studios (unit) | (reel) | (reel) | (reel) | |||
| 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 | |
| 2002 | 31 | 100 | 2 | 60 | 7 | |
| 2003 | 31 | 140 | 2 | 53 | 6 | |
| 2004 | 31 | 212 | 4 | 30 | 10 | |
| 2005 | 32 | 260 | 7 | 33 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 32 | 330 | 13 | 36 | 13 | |
| 2007 | 32 | 402 | 6 | 34 | 9 | |
| 2008 | 33 | 406 | 16 | 39 | 16 | 2 |
| 2009 | 31 | 456 | 27 | 52 | 19 | 4 |
| 2010 | 31 | 526 | 16 | 54 | 16 | 9 |
| a) The number of feature film studios in this table only includes those approved by the State Council. | ||||||
| b) The real of cartoons refer to the arts films before 2005. | ||||||