"The present article attempts to show the close links between the development of the film industry and the industrialisation of Communist China, where the film is used as an agent of modernisation — This is also proof of the importance accorded to mass communications in China's national development — Communist China regards radio and the cinema above all as of capital importance as audio-visual aids." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 1315, topic code 310.1)