The list of "2026 Top 30 National Cultural Enterprises" was announced yesterday (May 21) at the 22nd Shenzhen Cultural Industries Fair. Four companies from Beijing, namely Pop Mart, Weibo (WB-SW), Dianzhong Technology, and Perfect World, were honored on the list. These four Beijing-based enterprises are all focused on emerging cultural sectors, collectively showcasing Beijing's leading strength in areas such as trendy cultural creation, social media, micro-drama, and gaming/esports. They exhibit a distinct commonality of centering on high-quality IP and deeply participating in global competition, becoming core benchmarks for the high-quality development of the capital's cultural industry.
The four companies from Beijing on this list outline the comprehensive development landscape of Beijing's emerging cultural formats with their solid industrial strength and strong innovative vitality. Pop Mart, as a leader in trendy cultural creation, achieved a main business revenue of 37.12 billion yuan, a net profit of 13.012 billion yuan, and net assets of 22.652 billion yuan in 2025. Building a full-industry-chain operational platform with IP at its core, its offline stores cover 23 countries globally, making it a typical representative of China's cultural and creative industry moving towards marketization and globalization.
Throughout 2025, Weibo (WB-SW) reported total revenue of 12.576 billion yuan, with monthly active users reaching 567 million and daily active users at 252 million, demonstrating Beijing's powerful influence in digital cultural dissemination and public opinion ecosystem construction.
Dianzhong Technology is a leading enterprise in the micro-drama industry and a representative of Beijing's emerging micro-drama sector. In 2025, its main business revenue exceeded 10 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 45%. Dianzhong also partnered with DramaBox for the global distribution of content, covering over 200 countries and regions. It has cumulatively exported more than 2,000 micro-dramas overseas, reaching over 220 million international users, representing Beijing's strong capability in the global expansion of digital content.
Perfect World has deep roots in multiple fields including gaming, film and television, and esports. In 2025, its main business revenue was 6.632 billion yuan, with a net profit of 731 million yuan and net assets of 7.129 billion yuan. Its products are sold in over 100 countries and regions worldwide. Its film and television productions have won numerous mainstream awards, and its game development and esports operations lead the industry, highlighting the high-quality and globalized strength of Beijing's cultural and creative industry.
Beijing ranks first nationally in the development of emerging cultural formats, with the industry's engine role being prominent. In 2025, enterprises in Beijing's emerging cultural sectors achieved operating revenue of 1,883.49 billion yuan, accounting for 71.8% of the operating revenue of large-scale cultural enterprises, indicating strong growth momentum. Among these, three sectors contributed significantly: multimedia, gaming/animation and digital publishing software development, other internet information services, and internet advertising services, forming the core support for growth.
The vigorous development of Beijing's cultural industry is inseparable from precise policy empowerment and continuous optimization of the ecosystem. In 2024, Beijing took the lead in issuing the nation's first special policy on new cultural productive forces—"Several Measures on Cultivating New Cultural Formats and Vigorously Developing New Cultural Productive Forces"—providing a solid guarantee for the high-quality and sustainable development of Beijing's cultural industry.
The inclusion of these four companies in the "Top 30 National Cultural Enterprises" list is both a concentrated reflection of the development achievements of Beijing's emerging cultural formats and evidence of the capital's effective path in leading industrial upgrading through new cultural productive forces.