South Korean media: SARFT halts Sino-South Korean cooperation and confirms for the first time that the Chinese government has issued a "Korean restriction order"

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"at the end of last year, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television issued an instruction at a meeting of relevant personnel of China's major cultural content production companies," a person related to China's cultural industry, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said on the 6th, according to the Central Daily. it is required to suspend the signing of co-production contracts with South Korean companies and the suspension of South Korean production methods such as inviting South Korean directors to participate in production. According to a report in Korea's Central Daily on February 8, a source related to the Chinese cultural industry revealed that the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) has recently worked with major program producers.

according to a report in Korea's Central Daily on February 8, a source related to the Chinese cultural industry revealed that the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television of China recently had a conversation with the management team of major program production companies and issued oral instructions not only to ban the use of Hallyu content, but also to prohibit co-production or co-production between China and South Korea.

according to a report in Korea's Central Daily on February 8, a source related to the Chinese cultural industry revealed that the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television of China recently had a conversation with the management team of major program production companies and issued oral instructions to prohibit not only the use of Hallyu content, but also co-production or co-production between China and South Korea.

Central Daily said that although there have been rumors that China has imposed a "Korean restriction order" to restrict the dissemination of Korean Wave content in response to South Korea's announcement of the THAAD anti-missile system, this news is the first time to confirm that the Chinese authorities have issued specific policies through the meeting; the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television of China is the ministerial government agency in charge of all radio and television media in China.

in response to the so-called "Korean restriction order" and other issues, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has repeatedly stressed that the Chinese side has repeatedly expressed its serious concern and resolute opposition to the US deployment of the "THAAD" anti-missile system in South Korea. China has always supported friendly people-to-people exchanges between China and other countries and hopes that the ROK will attach importance to China's concerns and create favorable conditions for normal and friendly people-to-people exchanges between the two countries.

according to the Central Daily, a person related to China's cultural industry, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said on the 6th, "at the end of last year, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television issued an instruction at a meeting of relevant personnel of China's major cultural content production companies to suspend the signing of co-production contracts with South Korean companies and the invitation of South Korean directors to allow South Korea to participate in production."

the person also said, "the purpose of the meeting was to explain to the production company the change in audit regulations, and in the process, senior officials of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television specifically pointed out the specific national name of South Korea and issued a prohibition order." The person added, "the senior official claimed that if he found such a situation around, he would report it." He even said that the reported enterprises will have losses, but will also give the reporting enterprises corresponding compensation. It is reported that this instruction was not issued through a document, but only orally.

according to a number of people in the industry quoted by the Central Daily, the practice of shooting on the set is also changing. Since December last year, the variety show "We are Seventeen" broadcast by Zhejiang TV has been co-produced by the director of South Korea's KBS TV station until the fourth episode, and has been changed to the form of independent production in China from the fifth episode.

in addition, some Korean production teams do not appear on the scene of the program and only participate in planning meetings and video editing, resulting in a narrowing of the scope of activities. Jin Qixian, a representative of the Beijing office of the Korea Cultural Industry Revitalization Institute, explained that "since the second wave of the Korean Wave a few years ago, there have been many programs involving Korean production teams. But recently, this phenomenon is significantly decreasing," and "Chinese production teams are also avoiding Sino-Korean co-production because of anticipated losses in the program review process or marketing difficulties."

in fact, there were similar rumors last year. Weibo netizens revealed in November that the "Korea restriction order" had been communicated to the heads of satellite TV stations, requiring that neither satellite TV nor provincial terrestrial channels should broadcast advertising films endorsed by South Korean stars. Later, Sina Entertainment said that it contacted several satellite TV stations, one of which said it had heard rumors in the industry, but did not see a specific notice; in terms of variety shows, many satellite TV stations received news that they could not invite Korean actors or promote Korean elements. At that time, in some variety entertainment programs of satellite TV, there was a phenomenon that Korean guests or stars were coded or cut a large number of shots.

according to Yonhap News Agency on February 8, the Korean National Ballet said on the same day that the performance of Kim Ji-young, the chief dancer of the Korean National Ballet, was cancelled in China in April. This is another person from art circles after the famous South Korean soprano Cao Xiumei and pianist Bai Jianyu were cancelled, while South Korea expressed concern that the "Korea restriction order" had spread to the field of pure art.

according to the Korean National Ballet, Kim Ji-young had been negotiating with the Shanghai Ballet about starring her in the ballet Swan Lake in April, and the Shanghai Ballet informed her on the 7th that the performance plan had been cancelled. The head of the Korean National Ballet said that the Shanghai Ballet formally invited Kim Ji-young to star in Swan Lake last year, but did not give a detailed reason when sending the notice.

there is public concern in South Korea that "Korea restriction" has gradually spread from targeting Korean stars and Korean-Chinese co-production of TV dramas and movies to pure art fields such as musicals, classical music and dance. However, South Korean public opinion has always linked similar exchanges between China and South Korea with China's proposal to restrict South Korea against THAAD.

in January this year, famous South Korean soprano Cao Xiumei originally planned to tour Guangzhou, Beijing and Shanghai from February 19, but her application for a Chinese visa is still unknown. South Korean pianist Bai Jianyu faced a similar situation when a co-performance with the Guiyang Symphony Orchestra scheduled for March 18 was cancelled. Cao Xiumei tweeted on Jan. 24 that the performance she had been invited to prepare since two years ago had somehow been cancelled and that she regretted that conflicts between countries had affected cultural and artistic exchanges.

with regard to the cancellation of these two performances at that time, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying pointed out that the Chinese side has repeatedly expressed its serious concern and resolute opposition to the US deployment of the "THAAD" anti-missile system in South Korea. We believe that this will damage China's strategic security interests and regional strategic balance. It is hoped that the parties concerned will pay attention to China's concerns and stop the deployment process. We have always supported friendly people-to-people exchanges between China and other countries. The exchanges between the people and the deepening of friendship are very important to the development of relations between the two countries. Under the current circumstances, we hope that the ROK will attach importance to China's concerns and create favorable conditions for normal and friendly people-to-people exchanges between the two countries.

in early February, US and New Defense Secretary Matisse visited Japan and South Korea for the first time since taking office. On the morning of the 3rd, the defense ministers of South Korea and the United States held talks and insisted on the deployment of THAAD in South Korea. On February 7, South Korean Foreign Minister Yoon Byung-se spoke with the new US Secretary of State for the first time and once again stressed that THAAD would be deployed as scheduled.

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