Guangzhou JinYi Media Corporation and IMAX China announced that they have expanded their longstanding partnership with a new 12-theatre agreement. Under the deal, JinYi will upgrade to cutting-edge IMAX with Laser technology at seven of its most popular IMAX locations including one of their top grossing theatres in Beijing and install five IMAX systems at new locations. After agreement, IMAX will have 989 total screens in China including backlogs nationwide.

The seven theatre upgrades included in the agreement span JinYi IMAX theatres in 1st and 2nd tier cities, including the top-performing Beijing Joy City JinYi IMAX. The announcement brings the total number of JinYi and its affiliated IMAX theatres to 105 since they signed their first agreement in 2009, including 39 directly operated Jinyi IMAX theaters opened as of December 31, 2019.