1949後，新華戲院成咗首輪片放映點，1955年畀當局公私合營，1956年畀改成廣州市第一間寬銀幕身歷聲電影院。1988年陣，戲院係廣州率先引進鐳射電影(又叫做鐳射錄影)嘅影院。
After 1949, Xinhua Cinema became the first round of film screening sites, in 1955 it was given to the authorities as a public-private partnership, and in 1956 it was changed into the first wide-screen immersive sound cinema in Guangzhou. In 1988, the cinema was the first cinema in Guangzhou to introduce laser movies (also known as laser video).