A member of China's top advisory body has proposed formulating a law to regulate the country's booming, diversified cultural and entertainment market.

Ma Bomin, member of the Tenth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Friday launched a proposal to this year's CPPCC session calling for enactment of a "comprehensive and long-standing law" concerning the country's booming cultural and entertainment activities, according to Saturday's The Beijing News.

Ma, an official from the Shanghai Municipal Culture, Radio, Film and Television Administration, cited the frequent cheating behaviors occurring in entertainment performances to partially justify her suggestion.

Some Chinese singers play pre-recorded tapes in televised or live concerts without really giving their voices. The behavior still existed extensively although being vehemently criticized by the media for a long time.

Fake singing, widely assumed to be the shoddy product in the entertainment market, should be banned in an appropriate legal framework, Ma told the reporters.

Echoing the widespread opposition, China's most famous rocker Cui Jian made a high-profile move urging Chinese singers to perform real in all types of concerts in 2002. The Ministry of Culture also said no to the behavior in a regulation, whose implementation was unsatisfactory.

Pang Fei, head of a non-governmental organization affiliated to the Peking University, said legislative moves in this regard should be cautious and suggested more scope be given to the entertainment industry itself to handle similar problems, according to the newspaper.

(Xinhua News Agency March 6, 2005)