The Ministry of Culture and Tourism of China issued the revised "Management Measures for Performance Brokers" the day before yesterday (26th), which mentioned that in order to strengthen the building and management of the manager team, it is required that managers must take the qualification examination before they can engage in performance activities in China. It is applicable to managers from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
The "Administrative Measures" stated that managers who apply for the exam must uphold the Constitution, have good political quality, professional standards, and moral conduct. Article 25 of the Regulations on the Administration of Performances prohibits the provision of services for performances, such as opposition to the basic principles of the Constitution and endangering national unity. The new amendments will be implemented from March 1 next year.
Tian Qiwen, spokesperson for the Federation of Hong Kong Film Workers, said in response to inquiries that it is not yet known how the details will be implemented. It remains to be seen and has not received any concern from the industry for the time being.
He emphasized that in recent days, the mainland has successively introduced different policies involving the entertainment industry, and the industry should pay more attention to see how they can cooperate and adapt.
The Mainland’s revised regulations require managers to take the qualification examination before they can engage in performances in China. It states that this applies to managers from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
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The revised "Administrative Measures" states that artist managers include individual artist managers and full-time managers in artist organizations; while the activities of managers involve performance organization, production, marketing, performance intermediary, agency, travel discipline, actor signing, Promotion, agency and other activities.
The "Administrative Measures" stipulates that managers must take the qualification test, which is held every year for one year and is implemented uniformly across the country.
Participating managers must have Chinese nationality, support the Constitution, have good political quality, professional skills and ethics, etc. The results will be announced within 20 working days after the end of the qualification examination. The qualification certificate of the manager shall be Approved and issued by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, with a unified style and number across the country.
It is forbidden to provide services for performances that endanger national unity and oppose the Constitution
The amendment also stated that managers should provide services in accordance with the "Regulations on the Management of Commercial Performances", "Detailed Implementation Rules" and relevant laws and regulations, including not being allowed to work in two or more artist organizations, not renting out, lending manager qualification certificates, and not allowed It provides conditions for actors’ false singing and false performances, and cannot provide services for performances that contain content prohibited by Article 25 of the Regulations on the Administration of Commercial Performances. Territorial integrity, incitement to ethnic hatred, ethnic discrimination and disrupting social order, etc.
The amendment emphasizes that managers should complete corresponding continuing education on a regular basis, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of actors in performance activities in accordance with the law, and also remind and urge actors to strictly abide by laws and regulations, abide by professional ethics, and establish a good social image.
At the same time, it is stated that if there is any violation of the regulations, the cultural and tourism administrative department at or above the county level will be ordered to correct it. If there is a serious situation, it will be recognized as a dishonest subject in the cultural market according to law, and joint punishment will be implemented.
Tian Qiwen said that it is not yet known how the details will be implemented, and it remains to be seen.
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Tian Qiwen: It remains to be seen how the implementation is temporarily unknown
When asked, Tian Qiwen, a spokesman for the Hong Kong Film Workers Association, said that it is not yet known how the details will be implemented, but that the services of some Hong Kong managers are different from those of the mainland, which remains to be seen.
Tian Qiwen mentioned that recently different policies have been issued in the Mainland. For example, the State Administration of Radio and Television requires Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan actors or staff to add corresponding regional labels to the opening and ending credits of TV series. He believes that we should continue to pay attention to the situation and see what the industry can do. Cooperate and adapt.
Ma Fengguo, a member of the sports, performing arts, culture, and publishing industries, pointed out that he has not read the revised content and has not received any concern from the industry.
Ma Fengguo said that as far as he knows, the evaluation of managers in the Mainland in the past is not a new thing. He believes that the entire country in the Mainland has revised the regulations, and Hong Kong is no exception. He believes that it will have an impact, but he did not answer what it would have. He just said that there is nothing to add. .
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