The 17th Xiamen International Animation Festival’s “Golden Dolphin Award” Game Industry Track Call for Entries Launched

I. Background
The organizing committee of the Xiamen International Animation Festival recently announced that the call for entries for the “Golden Dolphin Award” Game Industry Track has officially started. As one of the most influential international animation and game events in China, this year’s competition continues to set up a game category. The award aims to focus on entities that have achieved outstanding results in game content innovation, technological breakthroughs, industrial integration, and market expansion. By setting industry benchmarks, it aims to encourage more forces to engage in the construction of the game industry, help cultivate a digital industry cluster with international competitiveness, and promote the high-quality development of the Xiamen game industry, continuously enhancing the industry’s international influence and cultural dissemination power.

II. Organizing Institutions
Sponsor: Xiamen Municipal People’s Government
Organizer: Xiamen International Animation Festival Organizing Committee

III. Time Schedule
Application Start: September 1, 2025
Submission Deadline: September 30, 2025
Result Announcement: October 2025

IV. Award Settings

V. Participation Conditions
Applying enterprises must meet the following requirements:
1. The registered and tax-paying location must be in Xiamen.
2. Have independent business qualifications (Note: For wholly-owned or absolutely controlled subsidiaries of a group company, applications should be made in the name of the group’s parent company in principle; for subsidiaries with less than 50% control by the group company, independent applications are allowed).
3. The main income of the applying entity should be derived from game development, game distribution, or game platform operation.

VI. Required Materials
1. Enterprise application form (template available in the attachment)
2. 2024 annual audit report
3. 2024 annual tax payment certificate
4. 2024 annual social security payment summary
5. 2024 corporate social responsibility activities report
6. Recent representative works of the enterprise (introductions of representative games developed or distributed by the enterprise from 2024 to August 2025, and introductions of expected representative games to be launched from September 2025 to December 2026)
7. List of honors received by the enterprise in 2024 and supporting documents

Please fill in the materials truthfully. If any false information is found in the application, the enterprise will be disqualified from participating in this year and the next two years.

VII. Confidentiality Commitment
The organizing committee of the Xiamen International Animation Festival solemnly promises that in this work, the scope of knowledge of the original data will be strictly controlled, and the data will only be used for project evaluation.

VIII. Submission Method
Please package the materials required in Article VI and send them via email to the contact email provided below. The email subject should be filled in the format of “XX Enterprise Application for ‘Game Industry Contribution Award'”. Please also confirm by phone with the contact person.

Contact person: Zheng Wenyi 0592-5953016
Email for material submission: zhengwenya@xmigc.com