JYJ��s Park Yoo Chun is ready to capture China

JYJ’s Park Yoo Chun is receiving a lot of attention in China as a Hallyu star. According to a report issued by his agency, C-JeS Entertainment, on December 13, the big Chinese portal site Baidu has a fan community for Park with over 130,000 members, and the number of members has been rapidly increasing. In October, over 5,000 members conducted a campaign for a week to collect signatures asking Park to hold a fan meeting in China.

The agency says, “Park is very popular in Chinese-speaking countries. Chinese portal sites and TV channels airing Korean TV series are all about Park.”

Park started gaining popularity in China with his TV series Sungkyunkwan Scandal and Rooftop Prince, which have received over 100 million hits on a Chinese video site. Missing You, the TV series he’s currently in, is also receiving a lot of attention in China. It ranked first on the daily, weekly, and monthly charts among Korean TV series, and it ranked fourth among all TV series, including Chinese TV series.

A local official says, “Park is unbelievably popular. He is so charming in every TV series and he visits China to hold fan meetings. I think that impressed many Chinese fans, and he will constantly receive an explosive response.”

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