SHACA has nearly 200 members from across the industry, including Toonmax Media, Shanghai Animation Film Studios, Hippo Animation, Fantasia Animation, Oriental DreamWorks, Taomee, FX Comic, Bilibili, China Literature, and other excellent animation companies.
With the support and guidance of SMACRFT, SHACA was approved by the Zhangjiang Town Comprehensive Party Committee to set up a party branch on 17 November 2016. By the end of December 2016, SHACA had successfully separated government administration from commune management under the review and approval of SMACRFT and the municipal pilot separation assessment team, becoming the first separate industry association and the first social organisation under SMACRFT that has completed the separation. In June 2017, SHACA was awarded the title of 4A social organisation after assessment and publication by the Shanghai Social Organisation Administration.