"Miami Vice," which includes steamy love scenes between Chinese actress Gong Li and Colin Farrell, has cleared censors in China, a Beijing newspaper reported.

Chinese actress Gong Li, one of the stars of the action film 'Miami Vice',poses at the film's premiere in Los Angeles July 20, 2006. The film starring Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell is based on the popular television series of the same name and opens July 28 in the U.S. [Reuters]

The Beijing News on Sunday quoted director Michael Mann as saying the film has been cleared to screen in Chinese movie theaters, and that he's considering returning to China to attend its premiere.

The report said it wasn't clear if censors asked that the film be edited in any way.

The Beijing News said Mann was in China to film a commercial in Shanghai.

State-run China Film Group, which is importing the film, declined to confirm the report. Its vice president for external relations, Yuan Wenqiang, said work on importing the film was "ongoing."

"I'm not at liberty to tell you what stage it's at," he told The Associated Press.

"Miami Vice," starring Farrell and Jamie Foxx, is about two undercover police officers who infiltrate a drug smuggling operation. Farrell's character has an affair with the mistress ¡ª played by Gong ¡ª of the drug syndicate's boss.

China only imports 20 foreign films a year.

Beijing banned "Memoirs of a Geisha," which stars Chinese actresses Zhang Ziyi and Gong as geishas, reportedly over concerns about stoking anti-Japanese sentiment.

There were also concerns about scenes set in Shanghai showing tattered underwear hanging from laundry lines in "Mission: Impossible III." Chinese censors eventually approved the film.