Caps on celebrity pay must be permanent

SIX MAJOR FILM PRODUCTION COMPANIES and three video websites issued a joint statement on Saturday in support of the administrative department's notice on restricting unreasonable remuneration for movie actors and actresses. Qianjiang Evening comments:

These companies, the main sources of income for actors and actresses, said they will implement the administrative department's notice word for word.

According to the notice, the total remuneration for all actors and distinguished guests for films, TV plays and internet shows must not exceed 40 percent of the total production costs. The payment to the main actors must not be more than 70 percent of the total remuneration for all actors, and the remuneration (before tax) for a single actor for one episode of a TV play or online show must not surpass 1 million yuan ($146,000), and the ceiling for the remuneration for one actor is 50 million yuan.