UME Cinemas

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UME Cinemas
Industry Film
Headquarters China
Key people
Lu Yao (chairman and president) [1]

UME Cinemas is a Chinese cinema chain. As of December 2015, it had 25 cinemas and 400 screens in China. [1]

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References

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