Founded in 1996, Hengdian World Studios as the world’s largest film & TV shooting base is invested by Hengdian group. Now, more than ten film shooting bases like Guangzhou Street ?Hongkong Street, Ming and Qing Palatial Garden, Qin Palace, Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival, Dream Valley Jiangnan Water Town, Folk Residence Exhibition Museum in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Chinese Culture Garden, Pinyan Cave, Dazhi Temple, the Republic of China Street, the Spring and Autumn Garden and the Tang Palace, etc as well as two hundred grade-A(film-class) and grade-B (TV-class) studios spanning thousands of years have been built here, so that many advantages such as grand base scale, abundant scene, professional clothing, stage properties, makeup, instrument, sets building, art design team and service team, huge figurants team and free scenes, etc. have been attracting numerous film crews at home and abroad, famous directors and stars. So far, more than 70,000 films and television plays were born here and Hengdian World Studios has therefore not only become the shooting base with the China’s most films and TV dramas, but also the competitive shooting scene for foreign blockbusters and TV dramas. In 2004, Hengdian Film and Television Industry Experimental Zone was established as Chinas only one national film and television industry experimental zone.In 2018, it approved the establishment of Hengdian Film & Television cultural industry cluster.