Abstract:

 Coproductions are not simply artistic or commercial behavior among film and television agencies or individuals, but also practices highly regulated and influenced by governmental policies. Since the reform and opening up, Chinese government has signed eleven film coproduction agreements with foreign governments. China Film Coproduction Corporation was also founded in 1979. By analyzing Chinaforeign film coproduction agreements and the operation of China Film Coproduction Corporation from the angle of cultural policies, we can find many problems in coproductions, including elastic definition of a coproduction, interest game behind coproduction agreements and fuzzy boundary in cultural policy management.

Key words: China Film Coproduction Corporation, cultural policy,  coproductions