With a five-year deal on the amount of Hollywood films allowed into China up for review, a convoy of U.S. congressmen will head east in August to review the country’s growing movie market.
The Washington, D.C.-based U.S.-Asia Institute will lead about a dozen senators and representatives on the trip, which comes at an important time in the crossover between show business and a country with more than 1.3 billion potential customers.
The most recent quota — negotiated between Vice President Joe Biden and Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping in 2012 — allows 34 American films to be distributed in China each year, with 14 of those films designated for 3-D or IMAX.