Exploring Insights from South Korea's Music Industry Export Model for China
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Exploring Insights from South Korea's Music Industry Export Model for China

Weihua Cai 1*
1 Nankai University Binhai College
*Corresponding author: AlexBoi9901@outlook.com
Published on 19 November 2025
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Abstract

From “Korean Wave” to a worldwide wave, the cultural industry has gradually become the most important soft power and economic engine in the Republic of Korea. In the cultural industry, music industry is the most important industry that exports Korean culture to other countries. By analyzing Korea’s music industry chain and exporting model—industrialized and systematized export model, and analyzing the reasons why Korean music industry can be successfully exported to all over the world, it has important research value and reference value for exporting China’s music industry and internationalization. It is worthy of the deep research and discussion. This paper will analyze the export model of Korea’s music industry chain by its own experience. Try to summarize the experience of Korea’s successful experience in exporting its music industry to all over the world. Based on the current situation of China’s music industry, combining with the situation of the implementation, this paper puts forward several feasible and constructive suggestions for the own export model. It is hoped that this paper can provide some references for the export of China’s music industry and professionals to promote the internationalization of Chinese music.

Keywords:

Cultural Export, South Korea, Music Industry

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Cai,W. (2025). Exploring Insights from South Korea's Music Industry Export Model for China. Advances in Economics, Management and Political Sciences,242,1-6.

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[10]. Hamtab, P. (2018) The Concept of Cultural Soft Power and the Promotion of Traditional Chinese Culture. South China University of Technology.

References

[1]. Alice, M.A. (2021) K-Pop Idols: Popular Culture and the Emergence of the Korean Music Industry. Popular Communication, 19(1), 57-59.

[2]. Park, J. (2023) From Cultural Export to Economic Engine: Examining the Role of K-Pop in the Growth of the South Korean Economy. Open Journal of Business and Management, 11(5), Published September 13, 2023.

[3]. Park, Y. and Kim, S. (2024) Do Artists Perceive Blockchain as a New Revenue Opportunity? A Social Representation Study of the Korean Music Industry. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 11(1), 161.

[4]. Chen, H. (2021) Analysis of Characteristics of Korean Popular Music from an Aesthetic Perspective. Journal of Honghe University, 19(03), 77-78.

[5]. Wang, X. (2020) A Brief Analysis of New Trends in the Globalization of South Korea’s K-Pop Music Industry. Mass Arts, (09), 164-165.

[6]. Zhang, X. and Xie, S. (2021) Analysis of Digital Music Copyright Protection in the United States, United Kingdom, Japan, and South Korea. Journal of Baise University, 34(04), 73-78.

[7]. Song, Y. (2019) Marketing Communication Strategies for Korean Pop Music Brands in China. Modern Marketing (Business Edition), (10), 90.

[8]. Yu, P. and Cai, S. (2024) Analysis of the Current Status and Development Innovation Pathways of Korea’s Cultural Industries. Contemporary Korea, (04), 80-95.

[9]. Du, S. (2020) A Brief Discussion on South Korea’s Cultural Exports. Communication Power Research, 4(04), 26+71.

[10]. Hamtab, P. (2018) The Concept of Cultural Soft Power and the Promotion of Traditional Chinese Culture. South China University of Technology.

Cite this article

Cai,W. (2025). Exploring Insights from South Korea's Music Industry Export Model for China. Advances in Economics, Management and Political Sciences,242,1-6.

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