With China effectively bringing COVID-19 under control, and the distribution of vaccines, the domestic film industry has seen a recovery from the second half of last year.

"There is no doubt that the government has helped us resume work and production in an orderly manner by taking effective measures to control the pandemic," Alex Yeung says.

"I firmly believe that the Chinese film market will continue to flourish. However, I think that the audience's aesthetic sensibility is continually increasing, and that they have higher expectations for the content and production of movies, which spurs filmmakers to improve," he concludes.