 It can be said that in the short run, the financing of the Shanghai Animation Film Studio was strictly an extension of Mao's Anti-Rightist Movement following up on speeches like “Let hundreds of flowers blossom and hundreds of schools of thought contend" (百花齐放，百家争鸣).Mao has publicly admitted that promoting new art forms and institutions was vital to the new China.Though with time, his political campaign would prove to be a major backlash to the industry.