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Sports legend David Beckham visited Qingdao and played some impromptu soccer in March 2013. Xu Chongde / For China Daily
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Movie
Already crowned a natural studio for its scenery and diverse architecture, Qingdao is now home to a movie production site and a branch of Beijing Film Academy.
It will be home to the world's largest film studio by 2017.
With an investment of 30 billion yuan (about $5 billion) from property and entertainment conglomerate Wanda Group, the Qingdao Oriental Movie Metropolis will be a mega-industrial park with multiple functions.
The animation industry is also taking off in Qingdao.
Led by Shinan Software and Animation Game Industry Park and Creative 100 Industry Park, Qingdao's creative industry has stepped into the digital age.
Theater
In recent years Qingdao has made heavy investment in developing its cultural venues. A new municipal museum was built in the Laoshan district while the city library was expanded twice.
A number of historic music halls and theaters were renovated. The magnificent Qingdao Grand Theater has become a new city landmark and is at the forefront of the city's cultural development.
The city has spawned many award-winning operas.
Last year the Qingdao Song and Dance Troupe turned Red Sorghum, a novel by Nobel Prize Winner Mo Yan, into a dance drama that won a Wenhua Award last September, the highest prize in China.
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