Media, culture and entertainment events
Film, broadcast, publishing, advertising and games — where the digital human is a performer and the labour question is argued.
- Beijing International Film Festival (北京国际电影节) — Festival positions digital humans as performers, tools, and contested replacements in AI cinema now
- China (Shenzhen) International Cultural Industry Fair (中国（深圳）国际文化产业博览交易会) — Culture-and-tech exhibition setting where “AI digital people”/digital humans are highlighted in dedicated exhibition
- China Digital Entertainment Conference (中国数字文娱大会) — Venue where digital humans are presented as part of the broader digital entertainment industry stack through
- China International Advertising Festival (中国国际广告节) — Marketing-industry stage where virtual humans are framed as mainstream channels
- China International Digital Publishing Expo (中国国际数字出版博览会) — Culture-centric expo that functions as a tech-show setting for avatars
- China Network Audiovisual Conference (中国网络视听大会) — Chengdu audiovisual industry conference whose AI Creator Economy Forum releases the digital human influence index
- China New Media Conference (中国新媒体大会) — Annual media-industry conference where digital humans are normalized as newsroom-grade anchors integrated with AI
- ChinaJoy (中国国际数码互动娱乐展览会) — Shanghai entertainment expo and the venue where virtual idols, AI idol groups and game-side digital humans are launched
- Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area Cultural Industry Investment Conference (粤港澳大湾区文化产业投资大会) — An investment-oriented forum where digital humans are framed as funded
- Hong Kong International Film & TV Market (FILMART) (香港国际影视展) — Hong Kong annual film market tracking digital human adoption in pan-Asian entertainment since 2020
- Wuhan Design Biennale (武汉设计双年展) — Held in odd-numbered years since 2011, is a government-hosted professional design exhibition. ( Not to be confused