HKAIIFF 2026 · Global Impact
From the global call for entries to the closing of the first edition, the festival's narrative travelled through state-level media, Hong Kong institutional press, national portals, industry media and international newswires. This page publishes the verified figures, the model estimates with their exact qualifiers, and the full 51-report index.
Global Impact Report · GIR/2026/01 · V4.2 · data as of 25 July 2026
Headline figures
Verified public reads · 4 Xinhua Net articles
Median-scenario total exposure opportunities (model)
Media reports & distribution links
Countries & territories across six continents
Verified reads · Xinhua Net client
Four Xinhua Net client articles display public read counters. Figures below are the displayed counts as of 24 July 2026 — each verifiable at the original link.
Total exposure model
Scenario-model estimate of total exposure opportunities; not de-duplicated unique audience. The four Xinhua Net client reads are actual displayed figures; all other media are modelled conservatively by property, platform scale and channel visibility.
Media matrix · platform-level audience
Combined public user/follower scale of the 7 media with public data, each counted once. Units and windows differ by media; this represents matrix carrying capacity, not de-duplicated audience or article reads.
Authority structure of the 51 reports
Xinhua Net, People.cn, CRI Online, Beijing Daily, GMW.cn and China Daily new-media matrix
Hong Kong Commercial Daily, Ta Kung Pao, Wen Wei Po, HKCNA and Greater Bay Area media
YNET, iFeng, NetEase, Sina, ZAKER, MSN
GeekPark, Jiemian News, ZOL, iHeima, Hexun
Baijiahao, Zhihu, search and community distribution scenes
What the coverage establishes
- Official authority
- 13 reports from state-level and public media form a top-tier public record.
- Hong Kong hub
- 12 reports from Hong Kong & Greater Bay Area institutional media connect local, business and international narratives.
- Industry depth
- 8 reports carried by tech, finance and industry media reach AI, startup, finance and market decision-makers.
- Scale & breadth
- 7 media with public data total a 1.916B-user/follower matrix; 539 independent English endpoints cover 56 countries and territories on six continents.
International distribution
The English-language announcement was syndicated to 539 independent endpoints across 56 countries and territories on six continents. Eight lead nodes by monthly channel capacity:
Independent English endpoints
Channel capacity of the eight nodes
Monthly channel capacity of all endpoints
Countries & territories
Countries & territories by continent
Six narrative waves
The 51 Greater China priority reports followed six consecutive narrative waves — from the global call to the market's official operation.
Six blocks, all core
Among comparable AI film festivals worldwide, HKAIIFF is the only platform running all six blocks — festival, AI standard, city network, academy, market and asset index — as core, year-round operations (per official public programmes as of 25 July 2026).
51 priority reports · full index
Every row links to the original article. Rows, tiers and themes follow Chapter 15 of the Global Impact Report; dates are as annotated in the report (some to month or year precision).
| No. | Outlet | Tier | Date | Theme | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | YNET Entertainment | National portals | 2026-05-13 | Global call & city network | ↗ |
| 002 | Hong Kong Commercial Daily | Hong Kong & GBA institutional media | 2026 | Global call & city network | ↗ |
| 003 | ZAKER | National portals | 2026-05-12 | Global call & city network | ↗ |
| 004 | GeekPark | Finance, tech & industry media | 2026 | Global call & city network | ↗ |
| 005 | Beijing Daily Client (BJD News) | State-level & public media | 2026-05-12 | Global call & city network | ↗ |
| 006 | CRI Online | State-level & public media | 2026-05-12 | Global call & city network | ↗ |
| 007 | iFeng Regional | National portals | 2026-05-12 | Global call & city network | ↗ |
| 008 | NetEase News | National portals | 2026-05-12 | Global call & city network | ↗ |
| 009 | Sina News | National portals | 2026-05-12 | Global call & city network | ↗ |
| 010 | Hexun News | Finance, tech & industry media | 2026-05-12 | Global call & city network | ↗ |
| 011 | People.cn Culture & Sports | State-level & public media | 2026-05-13 | Global call & city network | ↗ |
| 012 | Xinhua Net Client | State-level & public media | 2026-05-18 | Global call & city network | ↗ |
| 013 | MSN Chinese | National portals | 2026-05 | International distribution & culture abroad | ↗ |
| 014 | Ta Kung Pao Online | Hong Kong & GBA institutional media | 2026 | International distribution & culture abroad | ↗ |
| 015 | Greater Bay Area Times | Hong Kong & GBA institutional media | 2026-05-28 | International distribution & culture abroad | ↗ |
| 016 | Wen Wei Po Online | Hong Kong & GBA institutional media | 2026 | International distribution & culture abroad | ↗ |
| 017 | HKCNA (Hong Kong China News Agency) | Hong Kong & GBA institutional media | 2026-05-28 | International distribution & culture abroad | ↗ |
| 018 | YNET Entertainment | National portals | 2026-05-28 | International distribution & culture abroad | ↗ |
| 019 | People.cn Culture & Sports | State-level & public media | 2026-05-29 | International distribution & culture abroad | ↗ |
| 020 | iFeng Tech / Dafeng | National portals | 2026-05-28 | International distribution & culture abroad | ↗ |
| 021 | Zhihu Column | Content & social platforms | 2026 | International distribution & culture abroad | ↗ |
| 022 | GMW.cn new-media matrix (Toutiao official) | State-level & public media | 2026 | International distribution & culture abroad | ↗ |
| 023 | Baijiahao | Content & social platforms | 2026 | International distribution & culture abroad | ↗ |
| 024 | China Daily new-media matrix (Toutiao official) | State-level & public media | 2026 | International distribution & culture abroad | ↗ |
| 025 | Ta Kung Pao Online | Hong Kong & GBA institutional media | 2026 | AI Film Hackathon | ↗ |
| 026 | China Daily new-media matrix (Toutiao official) | State-level & public media | 2026-06-12 | AI Film Hackathon | ↗ |
| 027 | iFeng Tech / Dafeng | National portals | 2026-06-12 | AI Film Hackathon | ↗ |
| 028 | YNET Entertainment | National portals | 2026-07-20 | Opening, whitepaper & industry consensus | ↗ |
| 029 | iFeng Tech / Dafeng | National portals | 2026-07 | Opening, whitepaper & industry consensus | ↗ |
| 030 | Ta Kung Pao Hong Kong | Hong Kong & GBA institutional media | 2026 | Opening, whitepaper & industry consensus | ↗ |
| 031 | Baijiahao | Content & social platforms | 2026-07 | Opening, whitepaper & industry consensus | ↗ |
| 032 | Jiemian News | Finance, tech & industry media | 2026-07 | Opening, whitepaper & industry consensus | ↗ |
| 033 | ZOL | Finance, tech & industry media | 2026-07-20 | Opening, whitepaper & industry consensus | ↗ |
| 034 | iHeima | Finance, tech & industry media | 2026-07 | Opening, whitepaper & industry consensus | ↗ |
| 035 | Hexun Tech | Finance, tech & industry media | 2026-07-18 | Opening, whitepaper & industry consensus | ↗ |
| 036 | ZOL | Finance, tech & industry media | 2026 | Opening, whitepaper & industry consensus | ↗ |
| 037 | GeekPark | Finance, tech & industry media | 2026-07 | Opening, whitepaper & industry consensus | ↗ |
| 038 | Xinhua Net Client | State-level & public media | 2026-07-20 | Index.Film asset infrastructure | ↗ |
| 039 | iFeng Tech / Dafeng | National portals | 2026-07 | Index.Film asset infrastructure | ↗ |
| 040 | Ta Kung Pao Hong Kong | Hong Kong & GBA institutional media | 2026 | Index.Film asset infrastructure | ↗ |
| 041 | Wen Wei Po Online | Hong Kong & GBA institutional media | 2026 | Index.Film asset infrastructure | ↗ |
| 042 | Hong Kong Commercial Daily | Hong Kong & GBA institutional media | 2026 | Index.Film asset infrastructure | ↗ |
| 043 | China Daily new-media matrix (Toutiao official) | State-level & public media | 2026-07 | Index.Film asset infrastructure | ↗ |
| 044 | Baijiahao | Content & social platforms | 2026-07 | Index.Film asset infrastructure | ↗ |
| 045 | Xinhua Net Client | State-level & public media | 2026-07-20 | Market & industry architecture | ↗ |
| 046 | YNET Entertainment | National portals | 2026-07-21 | Market & industry architecture | ↗ |
| 047 | People.cn Culture & Sports | State-level & public media | 2026-07-23 | Market & industry architecture | ↗ |
| 048 | iFeng Tech / Dafeng | National portals | 2026-07 | Market & industry architecture | ↗ |
| 049 | Wen Wei Po Online | Hong Kong & GBA institutional media | 2026 | Market & industry architecture | ↗ |
| 050 | Xinhua Net Client | State-level & public media | 2026-07-17 | Opening, whitepaper & industry consensus | ↗ |
| 051 | Wen Wei Po Online | Hong Kong & GBA institutional media | 2026 | Opening, whitepaper & industry consensus | ↗ |
Read the full report
The Global Impact Report GIR/2026/01 (public external edition) is available as a PDF in Chinese and English. Citations should credit “HKAIIFF Global Impact Report 2026”.
Global Impact Report · GIR/2026/01 · V4.2 · data as of 25 July 2026
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