On the afternoon of June 18, 2021, in the "2021 World Display Industry Conference", the "Commercial Display Intelligent Application Forum" organized by the Public Information Display Branch of China Electronic Video Industry Association was held in the Peony Hall C of Maritim Hotel Anhui . Zhao Yan, leader of the Policy research group of China UHD Video Industry Alliance and director of the Electronic Information Research Institute of CCID Research Institute, released the list of the first batch of access candidate of "Thousands of display screens in hundreds of Cities ". At the same time, 22 8K LED screen manufacturers list was also released at the meeting.
On May 9, 2021, at the opening ceremony of the 2021 World Ultra HD Video Industry Development Conference, the launch ceremony of 8K Ultra HD video landing promotion activity of "One Hundred Cities, one Thousand Screens" was held.
The event aims to implement the "Ultra HD Video Industry Development Action Plan (2019-2022)", accelerate the maturity and application of ultra HD video technology, and at the same time, to meet the needs of the Winter Olympics broadcast, relying on the Central Radio and Television General Station to build 8K official channels , Organize the establishment of 8K large screens in public places in various places to display high-quality 8K content, and promote the coordinated development of all links in the ultra-high-definition video industry chain.
In order to cooperate with the launch of 8K Ultra HD video promotion activities of "One hundred cities, one Thousand screens", under the guidance of the competent units, China Ultra HD Video Industry Alliance and CCID Institute collected the public large screen information of "one hundred cities, one thousand screens" from each member unit of the alliance and related associations. Since the notice was published on June 11, 2021, a total of 240 screens messages have been received.
The 2021 World Ultra-High Definition Video (4K/8K) Industry Development Conference, co-sponsored by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Radio and Television Administration, the China Media Group and the People's Government of Guangdong Province, was held in Guangzhou from May 8 to 10. Li Xi, Party Secretary of Guangdong Province, attended the opening ceremony. Xiao Yaqing, Minister of Industry and Information Technology, Ma Xingrui, Governor of Guangdong Province, Meng Dong, Deputy Director of State Administration of Radio and Television, and Jiang Wenbo, Member of Editorial Board of CCTV, attended the opening ceremony and delivered speeches. In addition, there are many industry leaders and experts and scholars attending the conference to explore the new development and future of the UHD video industry.