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2008 Annual Conference of Chinese e-Game Industry (ACCGIA) was held in Beijing People Great Hall on Dec.16th,2008.

Mr. Bai Lichen, the vice Chairman of CPPCC National Committee, Mr. Lou Qinjian, the vice Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China , the corresponding officials from the Civilization Office of the Central Communist Party Committee of China or the Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China or the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China or the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China, the relative leaders from local governments or associations, the academic officials from universities or colleges, the representatives from well-known domestic and foreign animation & game companies, and hundreds of news medias attended this meeting.

Mr. Lou Qinjian,the vice Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China, made the first and important speech which focus on key issues such as new opportunities and challenges for China e-Game Industry (CGI), development of original China e-Game Software, enhancement of China e-Game Software technology, enhancement of independent innovation of China e-Game companies, improvement of CGI styles, etc.

Mr.Zhang Yingwei,the Secretary of the Civilization Office of Central Communist Party Committee of China, made another important speech which focus on major issues such as necessity to completely understand the development policy of CGI, serious recognition of e-game's impact on minors, reinforcement of e-game company's self-discipline, and how to help minors to stay away from harmful network e-games, etc.

Mr. Liu Jinhua, the President of the Game Software Branch of Chinese e-Game Industry Association(CGIA), hosted the meeting. Mr. Qian Guanghai, the General Secretary of the Game Software Branch of CGIA, on behalf of CGIA, reported the annual summary of CGIA 2008 and the key items of CGIA 2009.

"Scientific development, Cultural innovation , Upgraded service" as the assembly theme is the best summary & outlook of CGI in 2008.

In addition to honorizing the advanced units & individuals according to their contributions to 2008 CGI, the conference also make known the winners of "2008 Golden Fingers" which is the highest level of professional award in CGI known as "Golden Rooster Award of CGI".

Ms. Hui Lin, the show host of Karcool Animation Satellite Channel of Beijing TV , presided the awarding ceremony of "2008 Golden Fingers" .

The Annual Conference is the highest level of meeting of CGI, and also is the landmark meeting of CGI. It has lots of unique features such as high-level & large-scale, full range of games (covering online game, mobile game, anime cartoons video game, stand-alone game, psp game, big game and personnel training,etc.), authority and representativeness.

2008 ACCGIA is hosted by the Game Software Branch of Chinese e-Game Industry Association, supported by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China & the Civilization Office of Central Communist Party Committee of China & the Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China & the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China & the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China, participated by relevant state ministries & commissions of central and local government of China & e-Game Associations around China & academic leaders from Chinese colleges & Chinese e-Game & Amusement Business & Chinese News Medias.

It is reported that excluding the output of animation & cartoon, the output of CGI in 2008 is expected to be more than RMB54,000,000,000 yuan, and there are more than 550 online-game companies now whose operating income is expected to be more than RMB 20,000,000,000 yuan with a high-speed growth momentum and who have accounted for more than 38% of the output of CGI in 2008.

CGI has made a good contribution to the high growth of dozens of other industries, so is to Chinese economy development and Chinese employment improvement.

Also some problems should be paid enough attentions, such as Chinese government should strengthen its support & supervision to CGI, CGI should speed up development of excellent made-in-China original games which has their own intellectual property rights and could promote the spirit of Chinese national culture, Chinese local government should healthily develop and improve their game industry based on feasible analysis of their local conditions and resource. Moreover, all Chinese e-game companies should further strengthen their self-regulation and protect minors from indulging in e-Game-play.

Mr. Chen Dong, the vice Minister of the Publicity Department of CPC Beijing Municipal Committee, Mr. Cao Guomin, the deputy Director of the Department of Information Industry of Guizhou Province, Mr. Zhang Zongxiang, the deputy Mayor of Jinan Municipality, Mr. Hao Yifeng, the deputy Mayor of Zhongshan Municipality, Mr.Gan Lin, the deputy Mayor of Liuzhou Municipality, introduced the development of their local game industry respectively.

At the 2008 ACCGIA, advanced e-game companies and individuals were honored.

16 well-known entrepreneurs were elected to 2008 advanced entrepreneurs of Chinese e-Game Industry (CGI).They are Mr. Chen Tian-qiao, Mr. Ma Hua-teng, Mr. Qiu Bo-jun, Mr. Chi Yu-feng, Mr. Zhu Jun, Mr. Shi Yu-zhu, Mr.Wang Zi-jie, Mr. Gao Su-hua, Mr. Lv Xue-feng, Mr. Xu Jian-lin, Mr. Yang Li-yun, Mr. Ye Wei-tang, Mr.Zheng Zhi-zhong, Mr.Ren Gengs-heng, Mr. Shuai Min, and Mr. Zhang Chao-yang.

Mr. Bai Lichen, the vice Chairman of CPPCC National Committee,awarded prizes to the above excellent entrepreneurs.

16 businesses were named 2008 advanced e-game businesses of CGI. They are Shanghai Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd, Shenzhen Tencent Inc, Beijing Kingsoft Co. Ltd, Beijing Perfect World Co. Ltd, Shanghai 9 Limited, Shanghai Giant Interactive Group Inc, Shanghai 9 You Co., Beijing Grigon Entertainment Co. Ltd, Zhongshan Shiyu Industry Co. Ltd, Guangzhou Sealy Electronic Technology Co. Ltd, Liuzhou Lanhai Technology Co. Ltd, Zhongshan Golden Dragon Amusement Equipment Co. Ltd, Hangzhou Flyhigh Entertainment Equipment Co. Ltd, Guangzhou Baohui Electronics Co. Ltd, Beijing Kaku Cartoon Satellite TV, Beijing Chang You Shi Dai Co.Ltd..

Mr. Lou Qinjian, the vice Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China, awarded prizes to the above 2008 advanced e-game businesses.

7 government organizations were named 2008 government-organization models of CGI on providing support for local e-game industry.They are the Department of Information Industry of Guizhou Province, the Department of Culture of Guangdong Province, the Administration of Press & Publication of Beijing Municipality, the Administration of Information Industry of Jinan Municipality, the Administration of Press & Publication & Radio & Television of Shuzhou Municipality, the Administration of Information Industry of Liuzhou Municipality, and the Bureau of Culture of Liuzhou Municipality.

The People’s Government of Guiyang Municipality and the People's Government of Zhongshan Municipality were named 2008 government models of CGI on providing support for local e-game industry .

5 e-game associations were awarded 2008 excellent animation & e-game associations of CGI. They are the Game & Education Software Branch of Beijing Software Industry Association, the Animation & Game Branch of Guangdong Software Industry Association, the Interactive Digital Amusement Professional Committees of Shanghai Information Services Association, the Animation & Game Industry Association of Jinan Municipality, and Zhongshan Game & Amusement Industry Association.

4 companies were named 2008 advanced R&D units of CGI. They are Beijing Perfect World Co. Ltd, Beijing Kingsoft Digital Amusement Technology Co., Ltd, Guangzhou Sealy Electronics Technology Co. Ltd, and Zhongshan Shiyu Industry Co. Ltd.

6 colleges was named 2008 advanced animation & e-game training units of CGI. They are the Software School of Peking University, the Academy of Arts & Design of Tsinghua University, the School of Media & Animation of China Art Academy, the Animation School of Beijing Film Academy, the Animation School of Communication University of China, and the School of Software Engineering of Beijing University of Technology.

Shanghai Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd and Beijing Kaku Cartoon Satellite TV were named 2008 advanced self-disciplined companies of CGI.

China Education TV was named 2008 advanced minors-protection & education units of CGI.

Shanghai Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd and Shenzhen Tencent Inc were named 2008 advanced public-welfare-Enthusiastic units of CGI.

9 news medias were named 2008 excellent e-game & animation medias of CGI. They are Sina Network Gaming Channel, People Network Gaming Channel,Tencent Network Gaming Channel, 17173 Gaming Channel, Fantasy Computer & Game Monthly, Popsoft Journal, E-play Magazine, China Comic Network, and Comicfans Magazine.

"Dungeon-Fighter" and "The semi-gods and the semi-devils" were known as 2008 star product of CGI.