China's cultural rules 2021

Most recently TV talent shows have been banned and TV broadcasters aren't allowed to promote 'effeminate looking men' (K-pop issue). Actors accused of tax evasion and misbehavior have had their work taken off line.

Minors are allowed to play video games even less than before.

Tencent and NetEase Games have to remove content that promotes 'incorrect values' like money worship.

Rideshare company Didi had to be removed from the domenstic app stores for illegally collecting and using personal info.

The multi-billion dollar private tutoring industry has been banned from making profit or raising capital.

Some celebrity fan clubs have been banned for promoting 'chaotic culture.'

One commenter harkened to Xi's 2014 comments on Beijing Forum of Literature Arts where he spoke of 'the good, the true, the beautiful' as the essential values that China needs to cultivate. She said actors and other public figures have greater social obligations to set examples for the moral direction of the society. That celebrities are important not only because the produce excellent works and very entertaining shows but the government has expectations of them as a person.

Some say that the CCP does not think of these popular apps that just do things like ride hailing or sharing social media posts as real technology, so they're not important to China in terms of being part of the 'tech sector.' Instead, China considers tech to be things like semiconductors, chips, 5G (hard tech).