As a component of China’s ongoing efforts to create a healthy cultural industry, the country’s broadcasting regulator on Thursday put it in a new position to curb irregularities in the sector.
The National Radio and Television Administration has called on broadcasters across the country to resist beyond “fandom culture” and over-the-top entertainment, according to a circular posted on the regulator’s website.
Abnormal aesthetics like “wet chicken” men will be rejected, and exorbitant salaries for morally corrupt stars and artists will be banned, according to the regulator.
The new regulations also prohibit broadcasters and online media platforms from “projecting idol progression systems or variety displays and real exhibits with the stars’ youth. “
Those “who violate legislation or pass against public order and morals” may appear on entertainment programs, according to the circular.
The leadership also banned “artists who have a political position and deviate from the principles and values defended through the Party and the nation” from appearing in performances.
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According to the regulator, the new regulation aims to rectify the chaos in “fan circles” and “create an atmosphere of love for the Party and the country and respect for morality and art. “
Cultural and entertainment systems “resist vulgar habits and content, and finer works will be created to satisfy the non-secular and cultural desires of the population,” the circular said.
The new regulation came amid the country’s ongoing crusade to blank the entertainment industry.
Last week, actress Zheng Shuang fined 299 million yuan ($46. 1 million) for tax evasion by signing fake contracts.
On August 16, Kris Wu, a well-known singer and actor, was arrested by Beijing police on suspicion of rape.
Also recently, actor Zhang Zhehan was blacklisted after images appearing online showing himself at Tokyo’s famous Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japanese war criminals.
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