Ne Zha 2's success at box-office attributed to joint efforts

For its nearly 2,000 special effects shots, Chinese animated blockbuster Ne Zha 2 brought together more than 4,000 animation practitioners from 138 companies across 31 cities, working in unison to create high-quality film scenes with a unified style, according to Shi Chaoqun, the film's visual effects supervisor.

Their open-source strategy not only contributed to the visual spectacle of the animation, but also to the overall progress of China's animation industry, Shi said.

His remarks were echoed by representatives from the film's production team, distributors and the government of Sichuan province — where the film was registered — at the Forum on High-Quality Development of the Film Industry, held on Tuesday in Shenzhen, Guangdong province.