Thai Cosplay Festival, Bangkok 2013, Thailand

- Mainland China
The topics of cosplay in mainland China are mainly from Chinese classical issues and modern Japanese anime issues. Sometimes other exotic issues are also included. In 2002, the YACA animation organization was founded, and began a stage for cosplay. After on, there are some public cosplay events held every year in Guangzhou.
In 2009, at the 2nd China International Copyright Expo, a China Cosplay Competition was held in Beijing. There were initial internet video trials, then the finals were held at the expo.
In 2010, a few cosplay shows organized by internet media had been held in Beijing and two more in October, 2010.