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Movie rating system included in draft law
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February 8, 2009, Sunday
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CHINESE authorities have completed drafting the country's long-discussed motion picture industry law which includes a movie rating system, a government official said.
"A film rating system is very essential in China, but it will not allow screen of movies rated Level Three," Tong Gang, director of Motion Picture Bureau with the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) said in a report on the Ministry of Culture's Website.
Level Three, or III, is one of the three-tier ratings used for movies containing sexual or violent content in China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. No one under 18 years old is permitted to rent, purchase or watch such a film in movie theaters.
A movie rating system in China has been discussed for years since people have had access to an increasing number of imported films and a booming domestic film market.
The system was expected to be introduced in 2005 in draft law form, but the National People's Congress did not introduce it.
Tong said a draft had recently been submitted by SARFT to the State Council, China's cabinet. He did not say when the NPC's annual session would consider it.
"The government has been conducting discussion, investigation and opinion solicitation to establish a rating system," Tong said, "but our system will be definitely different from those in other countries or regions."
"A film rating system is very essential in China, but it will not allow screen of movies rated Level Three," Tong Gang, director of Motion Picture Bureau with the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) said in a report on the Ministry of Culture's Website.
Level Three, or III, is one of the three-tier ratings used for movies containing sexual or violent content in China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. No one under 18 years old is permitted to rent, purchase or watch such a film in movie theaters.
A movie rating system in China has been discussed for years since people have had access to an increasing number of imported films and a booming domestic film market.
The system was expected to be introduced in 2005 in draft law form, but the National People's Congress did not introduce it.
Tong said a draft had recently been submitted by SARFT to the State Council, China's cabinet. He did not say when the NPC's annual session would consider it.
"The government has been conducting discussion, investigation and opinion solicitation to establish a rating system," Tong said, "but our system will be definitely different from those in other countries or regions."
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