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Xinhua, citing the national tax bureau and content watchdog,
said the campaign, which began in October, had ended and
companies and workers had been ordered to correct their tax
records.
The most famous star to get caught up in the campaign was
actress Fan Bingbing who has 62 million online followers.
She was ordered to pay about $129 million in overdue taxes and
fines in October, after a four-month disappearance from the
public eye, Xihua reported earlier.
Fan issued an apology after being ordered to pay up, saying she
accepted the decision, would overcome “all difficulties” to pay
the penalties and would step up supervision of her companies.
Industry insiders have lamented that a "cold winter" has
descended on the business since authorities launched the checks,
with film projects stalling and investors selling off related
company shares.
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Huayi Brothers Media Corp <300027.SZ>, a company linked to Fan
Bingbing, has seen its share price halved since last year, while
movie box office revenue growth in the world's second-largest movie
market after the United States, slowed last year.
Authorities said the industry should set its mind at rest and focus
on work, but added that it would continue to target companies and
individuals deemed highly exposed to tax-related risks.
Industry workers should "practise socialist core values ... and
strive to be entertainment workers with belief, empathy and sense of
responsibility in the new era", authorities said, according to
Xinhua.
($1 = 6.8060 yuan renminbi)
(Reporting by Pei Li and Brenda Goh; Editing by Robert Birsel)
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