Copyright licensing and creative industries in the province created added value of nearly 200 billion yuan ($32.2 billion) in 2012, taking 5.4 percent of the province's GDP that year, according to a summit of creative industries held last week in Qingdao. The share in Qingdao and provincial capital Jinan is more than 7 percent. In 2006 the industries generated 60 billion yuan and took 2.7 percent in provincial GDP.

(Source: China Daily)