The overall turnover of the Chinese science fiction industry during 2024 reached the figure of 108.96 billion of yuan (about 14 billion euros). The data emerges from a report published by the China Science Fiction Research Center on Friday, during the China Science Fiction Convention 2025.
The report analyzed five key sectors of the science fiction industry: literature, films and television series, video games, derivative products and themed tourism, highlighting the annual development trends and future trends of the Chinese science fiction industry.
The document indicates a constant growth trend for the science fiction literature in the period between 2017 and 2024. In only 2024, the total turnover of this segment reached 3.51 billion yuan, about 456.3 million euros recording an increase of 10.7 percent compared to the previous year.
As regards the sector of Film and science fiction television series, the total turnover in 2024 stood at almost 900 million euros with considerable growth highlighted by micro-series and medium and short duration videos.
The science fiction video game sector generated a total turnover of 8.617 billion euros in 2024with a significant improvement in the quality of production as well as in diffusion, as specified in the relationship.
Themed tourism produced a turnover of about 3.17 billion euros in 2024, with national science fiction theme parks who have seen their share of revenues increase compared to the previous year.
The report underlines how the Chinese science fiction industry has become an important growth center in the global panorama.
Founded in 2020, the China Science Fiction Research Center focuses on advice on industrial policies and academic research in the field of science fiction.