On July 25th, the opening ceremony of the Game Museum of the China Audio and Digital Association was held in Xuhui District, Shanghai, marking the official opening of the largest game museum in China.
Game Museum of China Audio and Digital Association
Sun Shoushan, Chairman of China Audio-video and Digital Publishing Association, Wang Yayuan, Deputy Director of the Propaganda Department of Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and Deputy Director of Shanghai State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, Zhang Yijun, First Vice Chairman of China Audio-video and Digital Publishing Association and Chairman of the Game Working Committee, Ao Ran, Executive Vice President and Secretary-General of China Audio-video and Digital Publishing Association, Zhao Yi, Member of the Standing Committee of Xuhui District Party Committee and Minister of Propaganda Department, Liu Wei, Vice President of Shanghai Lingang Economic Development (Group) Co., Ltd., Deputy Secretary-General of China Audio-video and Digital Publishing Association, Tang Jiajun, Secretary-General of the Game Working Committee, and leaders from Shanghai Xuhui District Culture and Tourism Bureau, Shanghai Xuhui District Hongmei Sub-district Office, and Shanghai Caohejing Emerging Technology Development Zone Development Corporation attended the opening ceremony. Representatives of many game companies, game developers, and university game scholars sent congratulatory videos to the Game Museum.
Photos from the scene
Covering an area of 2,000 square meters, the Game Museum of the China Audio and Digital Association has four permanent exhibition areas: "The Origin of Video Games", "The Rise of Console Games", "The Prosperity of Computer Games" and "The Development of Chinese Games". The museum contains more than 5,000 pieces of game-related collections, vividly restoring the history of video games with important objects in the history of game development, allowing the audience to intuitively understand the origin and development process of games, an important entertainment medium, and deeply explore the technical and cultural connotations behind games.
Game Museum of China Audio and Digital Association
At the opening ceremony, Zhang Yijun, the first vice chairman of the China Audio-video and Digital Publishing Association and the chairman of the Game Working Committee, delivered a speech on the spot, saying that the Game Museum of the China Audio-video and Digital Association will faithfully record and preserve the important cultural property of video games, and make up for the gap in the history, culture and history of games in the development process of China's game industry. The Game Museum of the China Audio and Digital Association will do a good job in recording and inheriting, popularizing science teaching, industry exchanges, and inspiring innovation, effectively contributing to the healthy and sustainable development of China's game industry, providing gamers and practitioners with richer and more exciting exhibition content and on-site experience, and building a more high-end and broader professional platform for game culture and industry exchanges.
Zhang Yijun, First Vice Chairman of China Audio-video and Digital Publishing Association and Chairman of the Game Working Committee
During the completion of the Game Museum of the China Audio and Digital Association, it received strong support from the Xuhui District Government of Shanghai. Zhao Yi, member of the Standing Committee of the Xuhui District Party Committee and Minister of the Propaganda Department, delivered a speech at the scene and said that the completion of the Game Museum is an important symbol of the healthy development of the game industry in mainland China. As the core area of Shanghai's game industry, Xuhui District has four major development characteristics: significant increase in scale, continuous emergence of high-quality masterpieces, remarkable progress in scientific and technological innovation, and remarkable results in cultural expansion. Xuhui District will continue to support the development of the game industry, implement the three-year action plan for the high-quality development of the game industry, and build a "three centers and one platform" of a high-quality game R&D center, a global distribution center, an innovation value development center, and a high-quality development service platform.
Zhao Yi, member of the Standing Committee of the Xuhui District Party Committee and Minister of the Propaganda Department
Subsequently, Ao Ran, executive vice president of the China Audio and Digital Association, and Wei Zuye, general manager of Shanghai Caohejing Emerging Technology Development Zone Operation and Management Co., Ltd., signed a contract for "jointly building the game museum of the China Audio and Digital Association".
Signing site
Sun Shoushan, chairman of the China Audio-video and Digital Publishing Association, announced the opening of the museum, and the leaders of the China Audio-video and Digital Association, the leaders of the Propaganda Department of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and the Propaganda Department of the Xuhui District Party Committee, the leaders of Lingang Group and Cao Development Corporation and the representatives of Youyan Society cut the ribbon of the museum.
Ribbon-cutting scene
In the donation of exhibits, Tatsuo Eguchi, chairman and president of Sony Interactive Entertainment (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., donated a "signed version PS5" to the museum on behalf of Sony; Xie Fei, President of Century Huatong, donated the "Legendary World Classic Collection Point Card" to the museum on behalf of Century Huatong, and Chairman Ao Ran accepted the donation on behalf of the Game Museum of the China Audio and Digital Association.
Exhibits donation site
Exhibits donation site
Tang Jiajun, Deputy Secretary-General of the China Audio-video and Digital Publishing Association and Secretary-General of the Game Working Committee, and Gao Lu, General Manager of the User Communication Department of vivo, jointly opened the launching ceremony of the "Game Museum x iQOO Technology Linkage of the China Audio-video and Digital Publishing Association", and the two sides will carry out more communication and cooperation in the future. On behalf of iQOO, Gao Lu donated the iQOO Generation (the official game machine for KPL events) and iQOO11S (the official machine for Asian Games e-sports events) to the Game Museum of the China Audio and Digital Association as collections.
The launching ceremony of the Game Museum of the China Audio and Digital Association x iQOO technology linkage
After the opening ceremony, the guests visited the Game Museum of the China Audio and Digital Association.
Visit the site
From July 26th to July 29th, the Game Museum of the China Audio and Digital Association will conduct a trial operation, and then announce the official opening time to the public.
The Game Museum of China Audio and Digital Association is located on the 3rd floor of Block B, Xinyan Building, No. 65 Guiqing Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai. The museum is supported by the People's Government of Xuhui District, Shanghai, sponsored by the Game Industry Research Expert Committee of the China Audio-video and Digital Publishing Association, and co-organized by the Propaganda Department of the Shanghai Xuhui District Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Culture and Tourism Bureau of Xuhui District, the Hongmei Road Sub-district Office of the People's Government of Xuhui District, Shanghai, and the Development Corporation of Caohejing Emerging Technology Development Zone.
Source: Shanghai Xuhui