The State Council passed the Film Industry Promotion Law, and the film and television sector is facing major opportunities!

Premier Li Keqiang chaired an executive meeting of the State Council on September 1, which decided on the establishment of a national small and medium-sized enterprise development fund and passed the "Film Industry Promotion Law of the People's Republic of China (Draft)."

In recent years, my country's film industry has developed rapidly. The box office of movies has increased from 1 billion yuan in 2003 to 29.6 billion yuan in 2014, with an average annual growth rate of more than 36%. This year, as of August 31, the cumulative box office in the mainland has exceeded 29 billion yuan, steadily breaking the 30 billion yuan mark every year. The rapid growth of the film industry is inseparable from the various support policies introduced by the state.

After thirty years, the belated draft film promotion law

talks about this "first law on China films"-"Film Industry Promotion Law of the People's Republic of China." In fact, planning began as early as the 1980s and was formally drafted in 2003. At the end of 2008, the text was finalized and submitted to the State Council. In 2011, the draft was publicly solicited for opinions. Several years have passed since then. Today, this draft regulation has finally been passed. The once vigorous Promotion Law looks forward to meeting with you as soon as possible.

The film industry has urgent expectations for the "Film Law". Negotiating systems, establishing systems, and respecting systems are the key to the healthy development of China's film industry.

However, it is just such a small industry-related article, but it has not been promulgated for more than ten years. This shows that China's films are facing difficulties on the road to industrialization, as well as in the process of cultural system reform and national legalization. There are various gaps and flaws in institutional design, all kinds of entanglements and compromises between the new and the old, let alone the overt or covert multi-party games between power and power departments.

The draft for comments was not highly evaluated by industry insiders

. As early as 2011, after the appearance of the "Draft for Comments", many film practitioners did not comment highly on the new regulations. Some film critics bluntly said that this "promotion method" is more like the "obstruction method" because not only does it not involve the points that everyone is concerned about, but it also does not "relax" the film creators.

The banned content of films in the draft for comments has increased from 10 items in the Film Management Regulations to 13 items. Contents including exaggerating terror, teaching criminal methods, infringing on the legitimate rights and interests of minors, or damaging the physical and mental health of minors have been included in the new prohibited provisions.

Some industry insiders believe that more and more banned content in movies means that film production will be subject to stricter restrictions. Some netizens even joked that according to such standards,"Railway Guerrilla" may be suspected of teaching criminal methods, while "Little Soldier Zhang Ga" may harm the physical and mental health of minors. It contains scenes of children participating in the war and holding guns.

The film classification system as an international practice is also one of the most controversial focuses. The draft for comments did not include this content, which was interpreted by the media as "it has been clarified that China's film market will not be graded."

The lack of a censorship system in the draft for comments is another focus of controversy.

Because the review procedures for scripts and films are not standardized enough and the review standards are not uniform enough, many film creators say it is difficult to grasp when creating and submitting them for review. This is one of the important reasons why the industry, especially directors, is calling for film legislation.

Hao Jian, a professor at the Beijing Film Academy, said that at present, for China's film industry, capital investment and market access are relatively minor issues. The most important issue is the standardization and legalization of the film content review system. Hao Jian said that the current film censorship system in China has problems such as excessive discretion and lack of constraints on the scope of censorship, which urgently needs to be changed.

Many industry insiders have also called for the film classification system and film censorship system to be implemented as soon as possible in the form of law.

According to the "Film Industry Promotion Law of the People's Republic of China (Draft for Comments)" promulgated by the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council in 2011, it is proposed to reduce market access thresholds and adopt fiscal, taxation, financial, land use and other supporting measures to strengthen supervision and management, standardize market order, and promote the healthy development of the film market. The draft was officially passed, and film and television companies are expected to usher in major opportunities.

It can be seen from the three points of lowering the market access threshold for the film industry, reducing administrative approvals for film production and distribution, and clarifying fiscal, taxation, and financial support policies that this legislation should be good for the development of China's film industry. Behind the shift from the Film Management Regulations to the Film Industry Promotion Law is the shift from "rule of man" to "rule of law" in China films. The Film Industry Promotion Law will enable China films to truly have laws to follow, which shows that China films are moving in a good direction.?? "Films that have not obtained the Film Public Screening License shall not be distributed, screened, or participated in film festivals (exhibitions), shall not be disseminated through the Internet, telecommunications networks, radio and television networks and other information networks, and shall not be allowed to produce audio-visual products; However, if laws and administrative regulations provide otherwise, their provisions shall follow." However, this time it did not touch on the grading system. Film grading is closely related to censorship standards. Only by establishing a hierarchical system can the review standards be improved and made more scientific, reasonable and easy to operate. Because the review procedures for scripts and films are not standardized enough and the review standards are not uniform enough, many film creators say it is difficult to grasp when creating and submitting them for review. This is one of the important reasons why the industry, especially directors, is calling for film legislation.

Editor: yvonne