Punished for unauthorized performance? Xiaoguo Responds to Beijing | Culture | Response
On the evening of June 13th, some media cited information released on the website of the Beijing Cultural Market Comprehensive Law Enforcement Corps on the 12th, stating that on June 1st, 2023, Shanghai Xiaoxing Cultural Media Co., Ltd. was fined RMB 70000 by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism for "engaging in commercial performance business activities without authorization" in accordance with Article 43, Paragraph 1, Item of the Regulations on the Administration of Commercial Performances and Article 53 of the Implementation Rules of the Regulations on the Administration of Commercial Performances.
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According to information from the Tianyancha website, the above-mentioned punished company "Shanghai Xiaoxing Cultural Media Co., Ltd." is a member of Shanghai Xiaoguo Performing Arts Group, which is fully owned by Shanghai Xiaoguo Performing Arts Group Co., Ltd.
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This report has sparked speculation among netizens - on May 17th, after the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism imposed administrative penalties and fines on Xiaoguo Culture for inappropriate remarks by talk show actor House, Beijing and Shanghai demanded a suspension of Xiaoguo Culture's performances. Therefore, the reason for the fine on June 1st and the punishment for "engaging in commercial performances without authorization" means that Xiaoguo Culture has once again performed freely in Beijing?
Jimu News quickly contacted Xiaoguo Culture for verification, and the other party stated that the punishment imposed by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism on Shanghai Xiaoxing Cultural Media Co., Ltd. on June 1st was "a punishment imposed on different corporate entities for the same incident on May 13th. The online rumors of unauthorized resumption of performances are false and do not conform to the facts."
Xiaoguo Culture mentioned that after receiving the punishment decision from the Beijing Cultural Market Comprehensive Law Enforcement Team, they "resolutely obey and execute all punishments", "currently all offline performances are undergoing comprehensive rectification, and no form of performance activities have been carried out." They also stated that "we will never resume any performances without permission from the management department. Thank you for your supervision."