The world economy was built on products and is now shifting its strength from service to culture and tourism industry, which stands out as a continuous drive of other industries while keeps growing itself and thus is playing a pivotal role in developed economies.

In response to that, the International Culture Industry Summit, i.e. ICIS, a conference dedicated to international cooperation and industry promotion be initiated by APCEO – an established international economic cooperation organization.

The establishment of ICIS is a defining moment in the history of international culture industry. It gathers and joins efforts of major heads of state, industry leaders and relevant government departments.

With the commitment to integrating global resources, promoting international cooperation and helping different countries to create new economic growth areas of the culture industry, ICIS does a wide range of things from closely watching the developing trend of global cultural industries to researching industry regularities, publicizing industry news and latest achievements, building global brands, studying industry patterns of development, structure, configuration, profit and competition.

Links of ICIS Summits

The 1st (2012) International Culture Industry Summit (ICIS)

The 2nd (2013) International Culture Industry Summit (ICIS)

The 3rd (2014) International Culture Industry Summit (ICIS)

The 4th (2015) International Culture Industry Summit (ICIS)

Aim

- To promote information and technology exchange of global cultural industries.

- To strengthen international cooperation of global cultural industries.

- To creat investment opportunities.

- To research development strategies and industry regularities of major countries and regions.

- To look for effective IPR solutions and brand development strategy.

- To push forward the establishment of leading enterprises, industry zones and central cities.

Summit Themes

The 4th ICIS (2015):   Inheritance, Innovation, Cooperation, Communication

The 3rd ICIS (2014):  The Cultural Cooperation and Development among Countries along the Silk Road Technological Road of Global Culture Industry in the Future

The 2nd ICIS (2013): The inheritance, innovation and Global cooperation of the Chinese civilization

The 1st  ICIS (2012):  Chinese civilization and the development of global cultural industries

Activities

Leadership of the summit (from China)

	Luo Shugang Minister Ministry of Culture, China		Wan Jifei Chairman of the CCPIT
	Liu Weiping Governor of Gansu, China		Jiang Zengwei Chairman of the CCPIT
	Li Xiaojie Deputy Minister Ministry of Culture, China		Xiang Zhaolun Deputy Minister Ministry of Culture, China
	Ding Wei Deputy Minister Ministry of Culture, China		Ouyang Jian Deputy Secretary CPC Gansu, China
	Lian Ji Propaganda Chief Gansu, CPC		Xian Hui Vice Governor of Gansu

Hosts

	Asia-Pacific CEO Association, Worldwide (APCEO)
	China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT)
	Propaganda Department of CPC Gansu Provincial Party Committee
	Ministry of Culture and Tourism of China
	People's Government of Gansu Province, China
	Jiayuguan Municipal Government (2012), Gansu, China
	Lanzhou Municipal Government (2013/2014), Gansu, China
	Dunhuang Municipal Government (2015), Gansu, China

Participants

- International political figures

- Presidents and CEOs from the world's top 500, Forbes top 2000 and other renowned listed enterprises

- Industry leaders of global cultural industries

- Ministers, parliament members, governors, mayors and other officials of relevant government departments

- Authorities and world-renowned scholars of global cultural industries

- Directors of other relevant organizations and associations

Participants mainly from

China, United States, Britain, Germany, France, Australia, Italy, Netherlands, Greece, Luxembourg, Russia, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Poland, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Belarus, Romania, Lebanon, Israel, Cyprus, Turkey, Egypt, South Korea, Japan, Thailand, Singapore, Mongolia, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Iran, Jordan, United Arab Emirates and etc. 

Topics

- Develop global cultural industries and encourage the world’s creativity

- Push for international cooperation and pave the way for the world’s economic recovery

- Accelerate the shift from product and service economy to culture economy

Industry Focus