The reporter learned from the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism that from January to August of this year, Jiangsu hosted 15,900 commercial shows, and the number of spectators reached 3.99 million, up 20.0% year on year; box office revenue was 2,533 billion yuan, up 38.0% year on year. Among them, there were 177 large-scale performances with more than 5,000 people. Attendance and box office revenue increased by 42.5% and 47.3%, respectively. The performing arts industry directly drove social consumption of over 16 billion yuan.

The reporter learned from the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism that from January to August of this year, Jiangsu hosted 15,900 commercial shows, and the number of spectators reached 3.99 million, up 20.0% year on year; box office revenue was 2,533 billion yuan, up 38.0% year on year. Among them, there were 177 large-scale performances with more than 5,000 people. Attendance and box office revenue increased by 42.5% and 47.3%, respectively. The performing arts industry directly drove social consumption of over 16 billion yuan.