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Table 2. Information about arts professionals interviewed in this study (ages are accurate as of the interview date in 2023/2024)
Profession Age Gender
Commercial contemporary art gallery owner and director 50 Female
Contemporary art museum worker, education department 25 Female
Commercial contemporary art gallery owner and director 51 Female
Contemporary art event organizer 27 Female
Contemporary art foundation exhibition manager 24 Female
Curator 27 Male
Contemporary art gallery worker 47 Female
Contemporary art center staff, business development department 29 Female
Contemporary art gallery exhibition manager 30 Female
Art community and art business manager and founder 35 Male
Contemporary art foundation curator 32 Female
Curator 40 Male
Contemporary art museum curator 46 Female
Contemporary art museum executive vice director 45 Female
Curator 39 Male
Curator 37 Female
Curator, museum worker, and culture policymaker 31 Female
Art hub director 36 Male
Curator 24 Female
Curator at art museum 27 Female
Creator of digital art management system 28 Female
Founder and director of art gallery 45 Female
Assistant to art gallery director 40 Female

and “artwork.” Relevant documents were organized by were combined and sorted, duplicates were removed,
date, section (e.g., topics such as AI, culture, integration data weighting was performed, and common themes and
of digital technology, and cultural development), and trends were identified. A statistical analysis of the response
type (laws, policies, strategies, and 5-year plans). These frequencies was then conducted. Excel was used to calculate
documents were analyzed in relation to the aims of the the frequency of each categorical variable in the responses
research project. for each question, allowing researchers to understand the
Two researchers worked on the project to improve distribution and preferences of respondents.
reliability in data collection and analysis. Interviews were 3. Digital and AI transformations in the art
conducted in Chinese and English to enhance data quality industry
and to maintain ethical standards. The interviews were
translated into English and cross-checked by two Chinese The contemporary art industry in China has long been
research assistants to improve translation accuracy. The influenced by the country’s broader cultural, economic,
survey was written and answered in Chinese, and the and political ecosystem. As De Nigris argues, the
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responses were translated into English by the two research development of the art world relates to the nature of China’s
assistants. Both researchers analyzed the interview data. economic development. Meanwhile, Gladston 30,p.57 notes
Before analysis, the researchers discussed the research that “during the last decade, 2000–2010, the CCP has been
aims, objectives, and questions, which helped guide the interested in contemporary forms of cultural production
data analysis. The researchers preprocessed the responses, as a focus of economic development…the connection
filtering out invalid or erroneous questionnaires. Codes between what those producing and showing art and the
were created to organize and sort the data. After each wider economic and social context is especially close in
researcher completed their individual analysis, the data the PRC…art is now bound up with government policy.”

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