KUALA LUMPUR: The Chinese government, which is increasingly introducing strict social rules to the country's thriving entertainment industry, now wants celebrities to refrain from excessive makeup.
State-run newspaper Guang Ming Daily reported today that the government wanted celebrities, both men and women, to "avoid using heavy makeup to cover their natural beauty".
Instead, they should use their "strengths, acting skills, and artistry to gain acceptance from audiences nationwide".
Hong Kong entertainment portal hk01.com reported that there were many good-looking actors and actresses whose acting skills were poor.
"They are just there to complete the production, and are not really good at acting. Furthermore, some male celebrities put on heavy makeup and this does not reflect the image of a Chinese man," the report said, adding that Chinese men should always be masculine.
Early this month, the Beijing Performance Industry Association proposed that entertainers needed work certificates before they were allowed to join the creative industry.
Its president Zhang Haijun also said that artistes ought to undergo ideological, political, theoretical, professional, and moral training before the certificates were issued.
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