A fan sold by the Palace Museum [Photo/gugong1925.world.taobao.com]

Meanwhile, revenue of creative design services and cultural transmission amounted to 1.11 trillion yuan ($170 billion) and 1.02 trillion yuan ($150 billion) respectively, up 16.5 percent and 12 percent, data from the NBS showed.

Eastern China remained the sectors' largest revenue contributor by earning 6.87 trillion yuan ($1.02 trillion), accounting for 77 percent of the total revenue last year.

Culture sectors in western China saw a 12.2-percent year-on-year growth, the fastest nationwide, the NBS said.