The iABC, a five-day event aimed at promoting trade in sectors such as cartoons, gaming, animations, films and production, focused on five key areas including program trading, intellectual property licensing and content cooperation.

The conference invited more than 2,500 organizations and companies from 14 countries and regions. Nearly 300 cooperation projects, 320 cartoons, 150 creative ideas and more than 100 foreign-developed projects were shown to Chinese companies.

Representatives from Chinese and UK companies exchange ideas on potential cooperation at the International Animation Business Conference on April 27. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn]

Visitors watch the trailer of a new cartoon at the International Animation Business Conference on April 27. [Photo/cicaf.com]