Recently, the list of 2023 annual projects funded by the National Art Fund (General Project) announced that the two projects of “Talent Training for Children’s Animation Stage Play Screenwriter” and “Talent Training for Chinese Ink Animation Art Design” applied by JAI were successfully approved.

The National Art Fund is a public welfare fund organization approved by The State Council, which has great authority in promoting artistic creation, cultivating artistic talents, creating and promoting high-quality works.

The project of “Talent Training for Chinese Ink Animation Art Design” was a training project organized and implemented by Jilin Animation Institute, including its affiliated Animation Research Institute and the Inheritance Base of Excellent Traditional Chinese Animation Culture. This training project aimed to enhance the responsibility and mission of Chinese Ink Animation Art Design talents, inherit and carry forward Chinese Ink Animation Art, cultivate more Ink Animation Art Design talents, and make contributions to the realization of the creative transformation and innovative development of Chinese excellent traditional culture.

The market prospects for Children’s Animation Stage Play is promising, and there is a huge demand for excellent stage play works, but it is a lack of professional Children’s Animation Stage Play screenwriters in the market. The “Talent Training for Chinese Ink Animation Art Design” project of JAI is a unique advantage of the school’s “Integration of Education, Research and Industry” characteristics in animation, film and television disciplines, as well as the gathering of specialized talents. It aims to cultivate urgently needed screenwriting and creative talents for the market, and trains and reserves screenwriting and creative teachers for “drama education on campus”.

According to the comrade in charge of the university’s scientific research department, among the 18 projects in Jilin Province that received funding from the National Art Fund in 2023, JAI accounted for 2 projects, accounting for 11%; Among the 4 approved projects in “Art Talent Training Project”, JAI had 2 projects, accounting for half of the country’s total; This was the most approved project supported by the National Art Fund in JAI’s history.