Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that a total of 1,708 organisations were operating in the cultural industries in Macao in 2015. Number of persons engaged totalled 10,192, and compensation of employees amounted to MOP 1.56 billion. Total service receipts amounted to MOP 6.24 billion. Gross Value Added that measures the sectoral contribution to the economy totalled MOP 2.05 billion, accounting for 0.6% of the total for all economic activities of Macao in 2015. Gross Fixed Capital Formation of the cultural industries reached MOP 0.96 billion. Cultural industries are divided into four core domains, namely 'Creative design', 'Cultural exhibitions & performances', 'Art collection' and 'Digital media', which encompass a wide range of activities characterised by their cross-sectoral quality. The 'Creative design' domain covers brand design, cultural and creative product design, exhibition design, fashion design, advertising design, industrial design, architectural design, etc. In 2015, there were 919 organisations operating in 'Creative design'. Number of persons engaged totalled 3,336 and compensation of employees stood at MOP 0.42 billion. Annual service receipts amounted to MOP 1.82 billion, and Gross Value Added totalled MOP 0.62 billion. Within this domain, 601 organisations were engaged in advertising design and 67 in conference & exhibition organising services. With the increasing number of large-scale conferences and exhibitions held in Macao, advertising services and conference & exhibition organising services saw satisfactory growth in 2015, together generating MOP 1.23 billion in service receipts, accounting for 67.6% of the total in 'Creative design'. The 'Cultural exhibitions & performances' domain comprises production of performing arts, agency services of cultural exhibitions and performances, performing arts training, operation of performing arts venue, etc. There were 168 organisations operating in 'Cultural exhibitions & performances' in 2015. Number of persons engaged totalled 1,829, and compensation of employees amounted to MOP 0.24 billion. Annual service receipts totalled MOP 1.35 billion, coming primarily from ticket sales (56.4% of total). Gross Value Added amounted to MOP 0.23 billion. In this domain, there were 119 organisations operating in production of performing arts, with 1,116 persons engaged. Annual service receipts amounted to MOP 1.12 billion, contributing 83.4% of the total in the domain. The 'Art collection' domain covers creation, sale and auction of arts (such as painting, calligraphy, sculpture, photography, antique, gardening, etc.), as well as photography services. There were 109 organisations operating in 'Art collection' in 2015. Number of persons engaged totalled 435, with compensation of employees amounting to MOP 27.76 million. Annual service receipts amounted to MOP 87.78 million, of which photography services accounted for 79.1% (MOP 69.42 million). Among the 99 organisations operating in photography services, 49 were engaged in art photography services such as wedding photography, with service receipts amounting to MOP 37.95 million. Gross Value Added of the 'Art collection' domain totalled MOP 34.11 million. The 'Digital media' domain includes information, publishing, radio and television program production, operation of cinema, film production and distribution, etc. A total of 512 organisations were operating in 'Digital media' in 2015. Number of persons engaged totalled 4,592, and compensation of employees amounted to MOP 0.88 billion. Annual service receipts and Gross Value Added of 'Digital media' totalled MOP 2.99 billion and MOP 1.17 billion respectively, constituting the largest shares (47.9% and 56.8%) of the respective total of cultural industries. With the increasing popularity of information technology in the industrial and commercial sectors, the demand for computer software and hardware design has grown rapidly, giving an enormous impetus to the growth of the information industry in the 'Digital media' domain. There were 289 organisations operating in the information industry in 2015, and number of persons engaged totalled 1,530. The information industry generated MOP 1.50 billion in receipts (50.1% of total in the domain) and MOP 0.44 billion in Gross Value Added (38.0% of total in the domain). Meanwhile, there were 177 organisations operating in the publishing industry, which also falls under this domain, with 1,857 persons engaged. Annual receipts and Gross Value Added the publishing industry amounted to MOP 0.76 billion and MOP 0.31 billion respectively. Compilation of Cultural Industries Statistics is carried out by the Working Group on Industries Statistics and Assessment Indicators under the Committee of Cultural Industries of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR), in accordance with the framework for cultural industries statistics established based on the Policy Framework for the Development of Cultural Industries of the Macao SAR. In 2016, DSEC conducted a number of specialised surveys in the four domains of cultural industries, namely 'Creative design', 'Cultural exhibitions & performances', 'Art collection' and 'Digital media'. Survey results were combined with data collected from relevant industries surveys of DSEC to estimate the economic contribution of cultural industries in Macao.
