At the 2026 ChinaJoy Short Drama Innovation Forum, Ma Tao, general manager of the Chinese Online Group Strategy Department, said that the short drama industry is at a historic inflection point of the “three-phase superposition” of technology, economy, and geography: AI comic production costs have dropped by more than 70% compared to traditional animation, and efficiency has increased by more than 80%; the domestic market has entered a stock game, overseas markets are being restructured at an accelerated pace, and the overseas AI comic market is growing more than 6 times year-on-year in 2025.

At the 2026 ChinaJoy Short Drama Innovation Forum, Ma Tao, general manager of the Chinese Online Group Strategy Department, said that the short drama industry is at a historic inflection point of the “three-phase superposition” of technology, economy, and geography: AI comic production costs have dropped by more than 70% compared to traditional animation, and efficiency has increased by more than 80%; the domestic market has entered a stock game, overseas markets are being restructured at an accelerated pace, and the overseas AI comic market is growing more than 6 times year-on-year in 2025.