The State Council issued a document to relax approval for the establishment of film production units

The State Council recently issued the "Decision on Cancelling and Adjusting a Batch of Administrative Approval Items and Other Matters"(hereinafter referred to as the "Decision"), and the approval for the establishment of film production units has been relaxed.

The State Council recently issued the "Decision on Cancelling and Adjusting a Batch of Administrative Approval Items and Other Matters"(hereinafter referred to as the "Decision"), and the approval for the establishment of film production units has been relaxed. According to the "Decision", three approval items, including the approval for the establishment of radio and television program production and operation units, the approval for the establishment of domestic-funded film production units, and the approval for units other than film production units to independently engage in film production business, were changed to post-approval.

The issuance of the "Decision" this time provided a certain relaxation policy for the establishment and approval of television, film and other production units, and was also interpreted as good news for the industry.

According to Chen Shaofeng, vice president of the Institute of Cultural Industry of Peking University,"decentralization can encourage entrepreneurship and employment." The production of film and television works needs to go through the process from application to production, lowering the threshold of production units, speeding up the workflow of film and television drama broadcast management channels, and also maximizing the development of cultural and creative industries."

Chen Shaofeng said that in the past, due to too many approval procedures and too long time consuming, the operating costs of enterprises were greatly increased, especially for small companies, the market access threshold was too high, and the implementation of the Decision would drive competition in the industry, so long as the application was qualified. "There are no more than 1000 TV series approved for distribution every year, but the increase of production organizations determines that a large number of TV series will be eliminated by the market due to quality, content and other problems, which also urges film and television production units to improve the level of creative content." Chen Shaofeng said.

In addition, several contents of the "Decision" are related to the cultural industry, such as the pre-approval items for industrial and commercial registration decided by the State Council, including: Approval of installation permits for satellite TV radio ground receiving facilities, approval of establishment of publication import business units, approval of establishment of publishing units, approval of establishment of overseas publishing institutions to establish offices in China, approval of overseas radio, film and television institutions to establish offices in China, approval of establishment of Sino-foreign joint ventures and cooperative printing enterprises, approval of the establishment of enterprises engaged in publication printing business activities and other seven matters.

The following is the original text of the "Decision":

Decision of the State Council on canceling and adjusting a number of administrative approval items and other matters

Editor: vian