Jakarta, April 27 -- Indonesia must transition from being a consumer to a producer of digital cultural intellectual property, with a joint Indonesia-China game and animation center in Shanghai expected to support this goal.

"Indonesia must move beyond being a consumer and become a producer, creator, developer, and exporter of digital cultural intellectual property. To achieve this, we need to strengthen the ecosystem," Culture Minister Fadli Zon said while inaugurating the Indonesia-China Video and Animation Joint Research and Development Center in Shanghai on Saturday, April 25.

In a statement received on Sunday, the minister said strengthening the ecosystem includes improving funding, research, technology, production management, talen...