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The market for China’s online literature overseas exceeded 3 billion yuan ($412 million) in 2022, according to an annual industry report released on Wednesday at the 13th China Digital Publishing Expo in Dunhuang, in the northwestern Gansu province.

By the end of 2022, more than 16,000 Chinese online works of literature had been exported abroad, including over 6,400 physical book authorizations (bản quyền sách giấy) and over 9,600 translated online works.

Overseas readers of Chinese web novels exceeded 150 million in 2022, mainly Generation Z born between 1996 and 2010. The authors of web novels are also young, mainly born after 1990.

Among 15 major categories (thể loại), urban, western and eastern fantasy, gaming, and science fiction emerged (nổi lên) as the five most popular genres (thể loại) among overseas readers.

source: Sixth Tone,