SOVIET FILM EXPERTS AND THE "SOVIET EXPERIENCE" IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW CHINESE CINEMA (1949‒1959)

Abstract

In the 1950s, more than 20 Soviet film experts came to China to assist in the formulation of the "First Five-Year Plan" and the top-level design of the new Chinese film construction, assisted film studios and machinery manufacturing plants to improve their technology, assisted in the preparation of the Beijing Film Academy and participated in teaching, and laid the foundation for the initial formation of the new Chinese film system, technology and education. On this basis, the new Chinese filmmakers successfully inter-nalized the "Soviet experience", which led to a new situation in the construction of new Chinese cinema and promoted the popularization of "people's cinema".