Today's Highlights：
1. Guangdong People's Publishing House's First High-Quality Mini Series Yan Zhu Qiang Premieres 
2. A Healing Breeze Sweeps Through Mini Series Storytelling
3. High-Quality Mini Series Creation Sharing Forum and Launch Ceremony of Mini Series "Fa" Jia Zhi Fu Held in Beijing
4. Liaoning Mini Series Industry Alliance Established in Shenyang
5. The 2025 Inaugural Cultural Tourism Short Drama Summit Commences in Taizhou 
6. Inner Mongolia Launches Sports-Themed Mini Series Creation Initiative

Guangdong People's Publishing House's First High-Quality Mini Series Yan Zhu Qiang Premieres 
 

Recently, Yan Zhu Qiang, the first high-quality mini series produced by Guangdong People's Publishing House, was exclusively launched on Hongguo. Within just one hour of its release, the mini series accumulated over 3.5 million popularity index on Hongguo and climbed to the trending list on Douyin. The series is adapted from the highly popular novel Deng Yun Tian (Climbing to the Clouds) on Tomato Novel. With its core plot revolving around ancient palace intrigue, it tells the dramatic story of the servant Nan Jin, who sneaks into the imperial palace in search of an opportunity to seek justice for his parents and change his destiny. It features a compact storyline and intense conflicts.

The highlight of the series is its meticulous recreation and innovative expression of Song Dynasty aesthetics. The costumes follow the restrained and elegant style of the Song Dynasty, with a refined color palette; makeup incorporates elements like flower decorations and beautifully shaped sideburns, allowing one to "understand the character through their appearance." The settings recreate the architectural style of Song Dynasty palaces and residences, enhancing immersion and artistic expression through techniques such as light gauze curtains, layered lighting, and simulated snowfall and rainfall.

As a groundbreaking work in the traditional publishing industry's crossover into short dramas, Yan Zhu Qiang is produced by Guangdong People's Publishing House and co-produced with Tomato Novel. The team adhered to the "quality-first" principle throughout the entire production process. This crossover marks an important attempt by the publishing house to respond to the media convergence trend. By establishing a new business division to integrate resources, the publishing house aims to extend the value of traditional publishing content from "reading on paper" to "viewing on screen," providing a practical example for the industry to explore new paths for high-quality development.

A Healing Breeze Sweeps Through Mini Series Storytelling
 

The mini series Fang Yang Ba Lao Ban, a key project under the "Beijing Audiovisual · First Light Initiative" support program and the "Beijing Audiovisual · Youthful China Dream" online content selection, has recently premiered on the Hongguo short drama platform. Blending cultural tourism with narrative storytelling, the series follows an urban professional who journeys to the grasslands in search of inner peace, offering a fresh exploration of the "culture-and-tourism + healing" genre and demonstrating the growing appeal of this thematic approach in mini series creation.

Positioned as a flagship scenic culture-and-tourism mini series, Fang Yang Ba Lao Ban integrates elements of Mongolian traditional culture—including traditional attire, cuisine, horseback riding, archery, and song and dance—into its narrative through the format of "mini series + cultural tourism." The production keenly captures young people's growing fatigue with urban pressure and their collective longing for the sense of ease and freedom symbolized by the grasslands. By foregrounding "anti-anxiety" as its core emotional value, the series seeks to respond to contemporary psychological needs.

Within its genre framework, the series incorporates social reflection and humanistic concern, probing what true success and happiness mean in an era marked by material abundance but widespread spiritual anxiety. The "healing" trend in audiovisual creation emerged from broader social emotions and first flourished in long-form productions; today, it has found a new mode of expression through mini series, enabling the format to carry more universal emotional resonance and spiritual comfort. At the same time, high-quality short dramas that combine "healing+cultural tourism" or "healing+local culture" are opening new pathways for differentiation and value enhancement in the evolving mini series landscape.

High-Quality Mini Series Creation Sharing Forum and Launch Ceremony of Mini Series "Fa" Jia Zhi Fu Held in Beijing
 

On December 27, the High-Quality Mini Series Creation Sharing Forum and the launch ceremony of the mini series "Fa" Jia Zhi Fu were held in Beijing. The event was jointly organized by China Radio, Film & Television Press, Beijing Film Academy, and China Search, aiming to bring together industry expertise to explore pathways for mini series to evolve from "traffic-driven hits" to works that reflect the spirit of the times, and to promote the healthy and high-quality development of the online audiovisual content ecosystem.

As a key outcome of the event, the realistic-themed mini series "Fa" Jia Zhi Fu was officially announced for production. Adapted from the original stage play Xiang Yang Li Fa Guan by the Beijing Film Academy, the series is set in Beijing's traditional Hutong neighborhoods. It tells the story of the ideological conflicts and emotional reconciliation between an elderly barber and his young son amid social transformation.

Focusing on the central theme of "craft inheritance," the series explores essential questions such as "who should inherit cultural traditions" and "how such inheritance should take place." Through vivid storytelling, it portrays ordinary people's steadfast commitment to traditional skills, moral integrity, and personal dignity, illustrating how socialist core values take root and find expression in everyday life. 

Liaoning Mini Series Industry Alliance Established in Shenyang
 

Recently, the "Short Drama Spark · Mountains and Seas Shine in Liaoning" — the inauguration ceremony of the Renyi Film & Television Liaoning Mini Series Industry Alliance was held at the Liaoning People's Art Theatre in Shenyang. The event opened with an AI-concept short film titled Ju He Zhi Li, followed by an introduction to the alliance's organizational structure and member institutions by representatives of the Liaoning People's Art Theatre.

The alliance aims to address key challenges facing the province's mini series sector, including fragmented creation and weak industrial linkages. By integrating policy support, market resources, and talent, it seeks to enable high-quality Liaoning stories to reach a national audience. During the event, the alliance officially announced its launch and unveiled a "platform-based and ecosystem-oriented" development model, guided by the principles of resource integration, content cultivation, brand building, and industry services. A three-tier organizational structure has been established to support governance and decision-making. In the near future, the alliance will advance initiatives such as script incubation, talent training, resource matchmaking, and innovative "mini series+" cross-sector integration.

At the ceremony, the alliance also signed strategic cooperation agreements with several enterprises, covering areas such as the development of "mini series + regional branding," the joint construction of incubation bases, and the establishment of standardized filming location libraries—further strengthening the foundations of the local industry ecosystem. Highlights from mini series including Da Yuan Yan Huo and Lao Tie Zai Ta Cheng were screened on site, and the new project Ci Xin An Chu was officially unveiled. Representatives of the alliance's expert committee called on creators to stay rooted in real life, cultivate distinctive, high-quality works, and avoid homogenized competition.

The 2025 Inaugural Cultural Tourism Short Drama Summit Commences in Taizhou 
 

On December 27, 2025, the inaugural Cultural Tourism Short Drama Summit opened in Taizhou. The event, themed "Cultural Tourism Power: Spotlight on Taizhou," was guided by the China Film Association and jointly organized by the Art Development Center of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Popular Movies magazine, and the Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports of Taizhou Municipality. It aims to create an ecosystem platform for the "Cultural Tourism + Short Drama" industry and promote the deep integration of short drama creation with urban cultural tourism. The event gathered industry experts, creative talents, and city representatives, who engaged in forum discussions, project signings, and film screenings to explore new mechanisms for using short dramas to tell urban stories and activate cultural tourism resources. 

During the event, the "City Index of Cultural Tourism Short Drama Vibrancy" was released, with Taizhou included in the overall list, showcasing its vitality and potential in empowering urban development through short dramas. Additionally, the "Follow the Short Dramas to Explore Taizhou" tour promotion event highlighted how short drama content is closely tied to local tourism resources, further driving new cultural tourism consumption scenes. Moving forward, Taizhou will use this as an opportunity to promote the creation of high-quality short dramas, industry empowerment, and ecosystem co-building, aiming to transition from "online traffic" to "offline retention."

Inner Mongolia Launches Sports-Themed Mini Series Creation Initiative
 

Recently, the Bureau of Sports of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region launched the "Follow the Mini Series to Exercise" creation initiative. The goal is to further stimulate societal engagement in the creation of mini series themed around Inner Mongolia's sports, deepen the integration of mini series with the sports field, and promote the fusion of national fitness and public health. This initiative will leverage the advantages of mini series—being close to everyday life, vivid, intuitive, and easily shareable—to release a series of mini series focused on Inner Mongolia's sports, contributing to the construction of a healthy Inner Mongolia.

The "Follow the Mini Series to Exercise" creation initiative includes themes such as "Follow the Mini Series for Outdoor Activities," "Follow the Mini Series for Sports Events," "Follow the Mini Series for Ice and Snow Sports," "Follow the Mini Series for Cultural Exploration," "Follow the Mini Series to Learn Fitness," "Follow the Mini Series for Venue Tours," and "Follow the Mini Series for 'Sports+'." It encourages combining outdoor sports, sporting events, ice and snow sports, sports culture, and scientific fitness with mini series. This will involve creating series around specific themes, helping to bring Inner Mongolia's sports to the public in a more relatable and engaging way.

It is reported that sports and broadcasting administrative departments in various leagues and cities will strengthen coordination, mobilize all parties involved, and ensure the effective implementation of all tasks. Efforts will include organizing and motivating creative teams to visit training bases, sports venues, and event sites for research, uncovering athletes' perseverance stories, ethnic sports culture, and typical cases of national fitness. Experts will provide support in areas such as professional sports guidance, event resources, and content authenticity verification.