電影作為跨文化傳播的重要媒介，反映當下他國與該國權力結構的認知，對一國的國家形象塑造有著重大作用。國家形象就是他國人民對一個國家的概念性印象，在傳統好萊塢的商業大片上，中國的形象多半遭受「東方主義」的臆測，中國政府亟於透過文化宣傳的方式來改善中國的國家形象，其中中美合拍電影傳達出的中國意象扮演重要角色。觀察近年來的中美合拍片，相較於過去的好萊塢電影，中美合拍電影的中國形象似乎獲得大幅提升，但仍存在東方主義對「他者」的視角。 中美合拍片有將「中國國家形象」與「中國人形象」與之區分，分別對應「專制的中國政府」與「順從無主見」的人民，最終只能希冀西方的拯救者來救贖之現象。就連東方的導演都「自我東方化」，電影傳達的中國形象，其實是透過中國導演觀察與西方的差異，自我建構出的「東方形象」。 雖然中美合拍片裡中國形象仍是西方對東方的「再現」，但中國政府透過合拍的攝製法規與審查制度，「一手拿棍棒，一手拿紅蘿蔔」。一方面獎勵遵守中國規則的劇組，提供資源協助，一方面針對不符合中國期望的電影情節，在審查過程中要求刪除甚至擱置。 中美合拍片不但存在國際社會的文化爭霸，更有一國之內政治社會與市民社會的交互作用，在國際社會上，中美合拍電影的中西方文化元素交相呼應，同樣的符號在個別電影中有不同的詮釋。在政治社會與市民社會的面向上，中國政府以電影審查制度控制電影內容，來維護既有的意識型態；但電影劇組仍可以透過導演或主演的個人聲望、隱晦的針砭手法，迫使官方妥協，重構出新的意識型態。中國政府與合拍片商在彼此爭霸中，互有消長與妥協，故中美合拍片中的中國形象，呈現正負面兼有之的特徵。 / Film as an important medium for intercultural communication, it becomes one of the effective ways to promote a nation’s image. The national image is the conceptual impression of the people from other countries. In traditional Hollywood commercial movies, the image of China suffered “Orientalism” speculation. By co-producing films with American, government of China has tried to get rid of the stereotype of China’s national images. In recent year, compared to the previous Hollywood movies, the images of China in Sino-U.S. co-production films seem to get significantly improved. However, some of them still implicate Orientalism speculation. Sino-U.S. co-production films distinguish “the national image of China” from “the image of the Chinese people”, describing a society that an autocratic government and a crowd of lackey, hoping a savior from the west would liberate them. Even Chinese directors have “self-orientalization” issues, the image of China that they described in the movie is just a reflection compared with the west. Although the image of China in Sino-U.S. co-production film is the “representation”, the government of China still could use “carrot and stick” to receive the hegemony. On the one hand, they encourage and reward the producer for obeying the regulations; on the other hand they use censorship as a punishment. Sino-U.S. co-production film not only consists of the cultural hegemony of the international community, but also includes the interaction between political society and civil society in the domestic system. In the international community, the same symbols of Western/Eastern cultural elements has different interpretations of individual Sino-US co-production films, and in the political society and civil society, the Chinese government regulates movie contents building the movie censorship system to secure the existing ideology; But the director or big shots still can use their expand their personal Influence, or metaphor in the script, to force the authority to compromise and reconstructs a new ideology.