Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that a total of 1,913 organisations were operating in the four core domains of cultural industries in Macao in 2016, namely 'Creative design', 'Cultural exhibitions & performances', 'Art collection' and 'Digital media', representing an increase of 200 year-on-year. Number of persons engaged rose by 7.7% to 11,003, and Compensation of Employees went up by 9.3% to MOP 1.71 billion. Total Service Receipts of the cultural industries grew by 9.7% year-on-year to MOP 6.86 billion. Gross Value Added that measures the sectoral contribution to the economy increased by 8.5% to MOP 2.24 billion, accounting for 0.6% of total Gross Value Added of all economic activities of Macao in 2016, the same proportion as in 2015. Gross Fixed Capital Formation of the cultural industries amounted to MOP 0.47 billion, down by 50.7%.
There were 1,021 organisations operating in 'Creative design' in 2016, up by 100 year-on-year. Number of persons engaged increased by 0.6% to 3,372, and Compensation of Employees rose by 3.2% to MOP 0.43 billion. Service Receipts amounted to MOP 1.80 billion and Gross Value Added totalled MOP 0.61 billion, down by 1.3% and 2.9% respectively; yet, they still made up the second largest shares in the cultural industries. Within this domain, there were 639 organisations engaging in advertising, an increase of 38 year-on-year; number of persons engaged decreased by 1.6% to 2,148. Service Receipts of this industry dropped by 14.5% to MOP 0.78 billion. As no large real estate acquisition was made by the organisations, Gross Fixed Capital Formation fell substantially by 72.0% year-on-year to MOP 16.67 million.
There were 218 organisations operating in 'Cultural exhibitions & performances' in 2016, up by 49 year-on-year. Number of persons engaged increased by 32.4% to 2,429, and Compensation of Employees rose by 20.6% to MOP 0.29 billion. Service Receipts (MOP 1.46 billion) grew by 8.2% year-on-year, with ticket sales accounting for 56.0% of the total. Gross Value Added amounted to MOP 0.29 billion, up by 26.3%. With the active support of the Government to local cultural exhibitions and performances, number of production organisations and related productions recorded increases. There were 155 organisations operating in production of performing arts, an increase of 35 year-on-year; number of persons engaged went up by 49.1% to 1,666. Service Receipts of this industry accounted for 84.1% of the total in the domain, reaching MOP 1.22 billion.
There were 110 organisations operating in 'Art collection' in 2016, up by 1 year-on-year. Number of persons engaged (390) and Compensation of Employees (MOP 25.68 million) decreased by 10.3% and 7.5% respectively. Service Receipts (MOP 0.13 billion) and Gross Value Added (MOP 53.14 million) increased by 45.5% and 55.8% respectively. Gross Fixed Capital Formation surged by 574.5% to MOP 24.14 million as the new organisations had invested more resources into their operations. Number of organisations engaging in photography services decreased by 4 year-on-year to 95, and number of persons engaged dropped by 13.4% to 343. Service Receipts (MOP 59.22 million), Gross Value Added (MOP 21.55 million) and Gross Fixed Capital Formation (MOP 3.33 million) went down by 14.7%, 31.1% and 6.5% respectively.
There were 564 organisations operating in 'Digital media' in 2016, an increase of 50 year-on-year. Number of persons engaged rose by 4.7% to 4,812, and Compensation of Employees grew by 9.6% to MOP 0.96 billion. Service Receipts (MOP 3.48 billion) and Gross Value Added (MOP 1.28 billion) of this domain constituted the largest shares among the four domains of cultural industries, comprising 50.6% and 57.4% of the respective total. Gross Fixed Capital Formation decreased by 15.2% to MOP 0.11 billion year-on-year. The information industry played a significant role in this domain, with 346 operating organisations, up by 55 year-on-year; number of persons engaged increased by 9.6% to 1,683. Service Receipts (MOP 1.88 billion) and Gross Value Added (MOP 0.57 billion) registered increases of 25.1% and 27.9% respectively.
Compilation of Cultural Industries Statistics is carried out by the Industries Statistics and Assessment Indicators Group 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, the Statistics and Census Service (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.