Crackdown targets box office fraud
The country's film authority has reiterated its determination to crack down on cheating after some box office records in China's booming movie market came into question following a recent scam.
China's movie industry has generally developed in a "healthy, regulated" way in recent years, although there have been some cases of cheating, and the government will punish any such fraud, said Luan Guozhi, deputy head of the movie bureau of the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television.
The country's top movie regulator improved the digital system used for collecting China's box office receipts last year, and the statistics are "scientific and accurate", Luan said on Wednesday at a media event to promote the forthcoming Beijing International Film Festival.
