Prevent the disorderly expansion of capital and allow the healthy development of the market
Cut the capital chain behind the chaos in the entertainment industry
In recent days, relevant departments have attacked the entertainment industry and the chaos in the "rice circle" to accurately punish them, which has aroused the attention of the whole society.
Why do traffic stars frequently make negative news?
What is the relationship between traffic stars, "fan circle" culture and platform capital?
What is the significance of continuing to deepen anti-monopoly and anti-unfair competition?
The reporter interviewed Jiang Yu, a researcher at the Macro Department of the Development Research Center of the State Council.
Behind the abnormal industry ecology in the entertainment industry is the result of capital chasing profits
Reporter: Why do traffic stars frequently have troubles?
Some traffic stars went from being obscured to being sought after by a large number of people and then leaving the scene in a scandal. What problem does this process show?
Jiang Yu: It should be noted that the emergence of traffic stars and "rice circles" is accompanied by the development of my country's cultural industry.
Since the reform and opening up, driven by the market economy, my country's cultural and entertainment industry has developed rapidly.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core has made a series of major strategic deployments and introduced a series of major policy measures to promote the growing prosperity of the socialist cultural industry.
According to a news from the State Council Information Office on August 27, in 2019, the added value of cultural and related industries reached 4,436.3 billion yuan, accounting for 4.5% of GDP.
However, capital is inherently profit-seeking, and the development of the cultural and entertainment industry has also produced some problems.
Recently, some traffic stars have frequent negative news, which is closely related to their low personal qualities, indifference to the rule of law, and loss of integrity, but we must also see that this has a lot to do with the abnormal industry ecology in the entertainment industry.
Some artists with low quality and poor ability level can become popular overnight, and they frequently occupy the hot search list. In the final analysis, it is the result of capital chasing profits.
Capital captures the irrational psychology and needs of fans, creates various "superstars" and "top-tier", and seeks huge profits through "fan consumption", "support fund raising", etc. It is clearly a matter that violates the laws of literature and art and the fundamental interests of the people. Popular under the impetus of capital.
Platform capital, traffic stars, and "rice circle" culture are a complete chain of interests led by capital
Reporter: There is a saying that platform capital, traffic stars, and "fan circle" culture have become the three major factors that cause the current network chaos.
In your opinion, what is the logical relationship between these three?
Jiang Yu: Under the influence of rapid capital expansion, the entertainment industry has become over-commercialized and capitalized.
Platform capital, traffic stars, and "rice circle" culture form a complete interest chain under the leadership of capital. This interest chain serves the capital to grab excess profits.
In this interest chain, platform capital is the dominant force; traffic stars are selected by capital to perform at the front desk to induce fans to consume; “fan circle” culture is a consumer culture created by capital using the economic power at its disposal to influence society, especially Manipulate the consumption habits of young people, grab economic benefits, and even affect the social ideological and cultural atmosphere.
The chaos brought about by the “rice circle” culture is, in the final analysis, a deformed consumption pattern shaped by certain capitals based on their own interests. It does not conform to the core socialist values or the excellent traditional culture of China, and it is not conducive to it. Young people grow up healthily.
To rectify the disorderly expansion of capital is to adhere to the "people-centered" position
Reporter: What are the consequences of allowing chaos to develop and capital expansion?
Why is it important to prevent the disorderly expansion of capital?
Jiang Yu: Literature and art are by no means pure singing, dancing, blowing, playing and singing, but an important position for ideological, cultural and ideological work, an important part of the superstructure, and an extremely important work of the party.
If capital is allowed to expand disorderly in the field of literature and art, it will lose its role in serving the people and socialism, and it will disintegrate the spiritual homeland of the Chinese nation.
Therefore, the relevant central authorities have deployed measures such as prohibiting inducing fan consumption, strictly controlling the participation of minors, and regulating fund-raising assistance, which are completely timely and necessary.
The disorderly expansion of capital is not only manifested in the entertainment industry. The platform monopoly that the people hate and the excessive burden of extracurricular training in education are also caused by the maximization of capital.
Capital has alienated the purpose of production in these areas.
Once the excessive expansion of capital deeply affects the overall economic and social development, it will make the path of economic and social development increasingly deviate from the track of "people-centered".
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee has insisted on putting the people as the center, and has repeatedly emphasized that "houses are used for living, not for speculation", "public welfare is written on the banner of medical and health services", and literature and art cannot be used as a market. "Slave of "returning finance to serve the real economy" and so on, is to limit the excessive expansion of capital in these fields and guide its healthy development.
This is an adherence to the "people-centered" position.
Giving full play to the active role of capital and resolutely preventing the disorderly expansion of capital are the unique advantages of the Chinese system
Reporter: A few days ago, the State Administration of Market Supervision conducted investigations on Meituan’s failure to declare the acquisition of Mobike in accordance with the law.
Prior to this, companies such as Alibaba Group have been fined or investigated. What signals do you think these have released?
Jiang Yu: Capital seeks to maximize profit, but it has two sides and can be guided.
The tenth meeting of the Central Finance and Economics Committee held a few days ago emphasized the need to promote the healthy development of various capital standards.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core has made a series of major decisions and deployments around anti-monopoly and anti-unfair competition, improved the fair competition system, reformed the market supervision system, strengthened anti-monopoly supervision, and promoted a high-standard market. System construction promotes the formation of a unified, open, and orderly competitive market system.
The recent series of measures once again show that in the initial stage of socialism, our party has a full understanding of the duality of capital. It not only gives full play to the positive role of capital in economic development, guides capital to serve the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and complies with regulations. Strict boundaries are drawn for it in accordance with the law.
The prevention of the disorderly expansion of capital has achieved initial results, and the fair competition order in the market has been steadily improving.
In practice, the party and the government actively support the healthy development of non-public capital that supports the leadership of the party, serves the interests of the people, and operates in a legal and standardized manner. They enthusiastically help private enterprises solve practical difficulties, train, educate, and guide private entrepreneurs to become a society with Chinese characteristics. Qualified builders of ism.
At the same time, in response to some prominent problems such as the brutal growth and disorderly expansion of capital, we will also strengthen anti-monopoly, deepen the implementation of fair competition policies, and improve the socialist market economic system.
Always insist that the expansion of capital has its limits. The bottom line is that it must not interfere with the development of socialism with Chinese characteristics, manipulate the national economy and people's livelihood, cannot harm national interests, corrupt party members, leading cadres, or seek improper political interests.
In addition, our country's system also ensures that measures to prevent the disorderly expansion of capital are implemented.
For example, the Party Central Committee has made a series of major decisions and deployments focusing on anti-monopoly and anti-unfair competition; our party has a sound cadre system to effectively prevent capital agents from corrupting "hunting" cadres; our party has strict discipline and is unswervingly opposed Corruption prohibits party members and cadres from combining with interest groups.
These are things that capitalist countries cannot do.
While giving play to the positive role of capital in promoting productivity, it also resolutely prevents the disorderly expansion of capital, which fully reflects the unique advantages of the Chinese system.
Our reporter Xue Peng