The National Radio and Television Administration ("NRTA") has recently formulated and issued the Administrative Provisions on the Introduction and Dissemination of Overseas Visual-audio Programs (Draft for Comment) (the "Draft for Comment") and the Administrative Provisions on the Overseas Personnel's Participation in the Production of Radio and Television Programs (Draft for Comment), to seek public comments by October 19 and October 20 respectively.
The Draft for Comment stipulates that, any overseas visual-audio program introduced shall not include "the content that goes against basic principles outlined in China's Constitution or that incites any action to resist or disrupt the implementation of the Constitution, laws or administrative regulations" or other seven kinds of information. Any effort to introduce a program, which is produced with the participation of an overseas organization that carries out activities of harming China's national dignity, honor or interests, jeopardizing social stability or weakening the national sentiment, or in which an individual having such behavior takes part, is banned. Additionally, it is made clear in the Draft for Comment that, the length of time for overseas films, TV series, animations, documentaries and other TV programs played every day on each channel of a radio or TV broadcaster shall account for up to 30 percent of the total time of all programs of the same type played on the current day. Furthermore, the Draft for Comment emphasizes that any entity or individual is prohibited from introducing any overseas program of news and current affairs.