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Filming locations in China

454 places in China recorded as a filming location for a film or television series, from Skyfall (2012) down to the deep cuts.

3 studios & sets · 7 castles & palaces · 119 landmarks & buildings · 53 streets & squares · 80 landscapes & nature · 192 towns & cities

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Locations in China

The 120 most notable are above. Every place in China, A to Z, with how many productions each carries:

Set in China, not filmed there

39 more places in China appear on this atlas because a game, an anime or a manga is SET there. Nothing was filmed at them: a drawn or rendered work is filmed nowhere, and some of these places are invented and pinned on what Wikidata says they are based on.

Also shot in China, without a precise location

Wikidata records 12 more productions as shot in China while naming only the country or the state: true, and too coarse to pin, so they are named here rather than dropped or guessed at.

Also named as shot in China by their Wikipedia articles

21 productions name China in their Wikipedia articles as where they were shot, without a place inside it, so they are listed here rather than pinned or dropped.

Productions filmed in China

425 more productions are listed on the pages of the places above.

Frequently asked questions

How many filming locations are in China?

454 places in China are recorded on this atlas: 3 studios & sets, 7 castles & palaces and 119 landmarks & buildings, among others. Every one is listed on this page.

Which is the most filmed place in China?

Beijing, with 66 recorded productions.

Which famous productions were filmed in China?

The Dark Knight (2008), Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005), Skyfall (2012) and Iron Man 3 (2013), by number of Wikipedia language editions.

Where does this information come from?

Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to each place's coordinates, photograph and Wikipedia article. A country that looks thin means sparse Wikidata coverage, never that nothing was filmed there.