A still image of preschool TV show Kiddets, the first official China-New Zealand coproduction of an animated series. [Photo provided to China Daily]

In a bid to reach a wider audience, visual content producers from both home and abroad are collaborating more than ever before, Xu Fan reports.

American scriptwriter and creative content consultant Ryan Wilson, who has always had a fascination with China, mostly through its films, now sees it as a second home full of opportunities.

As a native growing up in Long Island, New York, Wilson remembers that he spent most of his weekends back in the 1990s watching the action films of kung fu giants, Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan. The latter's action comedy, Drunken Master II, was his favorite.