The China Changchun Film Festival is held from August 23 to 28 every two years in the city of Changchun, capital of Jilin Province.
The Film festival is mainly sponsored by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, the Jilin provincial government and the Changchun municipal government and co-sponsored by the Changchun municipal government and the Changchun Film Studio. Abiding by the principle of "laying stress on the mainstay of films, expanding the participation of the masses, intensifying the cultural atmosphere and paying attention to film exchanges," the film festival has embodied the purpose of "friendship, exchanges and development."
The China Changchun Film Festival has been successfully held for four times, showing its unique and elegant demeanor to the world and playing an active role in promoting friendship between personages of Chinese and foreign film circles, prosperity of the film undertaking, enhancing the cultural level of the people of Changchun, expanding opening of Changchun to the outside world, promoting the rapid development of the economic construction of Jilin Province and Changchun, and displaying its strong vitality. The Changchun Film Festival has created a good image of Changchun and set up a bridge to the world.