According to Sohu, on March 13, at the 2026 China Television Film Production Industry Conference, Mr. Phung Thang Dung - Director of the Film Bureau of the National Radio and Television Administration of China - delivered a speech on the topic "Revitalizing Chinese TV Films, Innovation and Breakthrough".
In his speech, he mentioned the issue of competing for the order of actors' names (positions) in film projects. He emphasized that it is necessary to rectify and standardize, because this issue of competing for order has caused many troubles for the entire industry, even being likened by the media to the situation of "position cancer".
Mr. Phung Thang Dung revealed that the China Television Film Production Association has led the development of a related proposal, and will announce it at an appropriate time.
The general principle is: The order of actor names will be arranged according to the number of lines in the real name's last name.
In addition, the industry will also establish a support mechanism to promote new actors; consider regulations requiring the presence of new actors among the top actors.
The Department of Drama and Television also said that it will study and implement a collective training mechanism for the main creative team before major projects start filming.
Regarding actors' cat-xe, Mr. Phung Thang Dung declared "need to be legal and reasonable". Artists should aim to leave good works, not just aim to earn a lot of money.
If you just want to take advantage of fame and fan base to profit, your vision will be lowered, and after a short period of flashiness, you will face emptiness and disappointment.
Regarding professional ethics, he believes that actors are public figures, they must pay attention to their words and actions that will affect society. Actions such as bringing mobile cars to the studio, going anywhere with people following in a showy manner only harm personal image.
In his speech, Mr. Phung Thang Dung also discussed the character building and acting of actors in TV series.
With long-running TV series, if you want to tell a good story, you must first build a good character, and actors have a glorious mission in that.
As an actor, it is necessary to be steadfast in artistic ideals, pursue comprehensiveness in both virtue and talent, and become artists of the new era with faith, passion and a sense of responsibility.
In acting, actors need to ensure sincerity and rich emotions; the most basic requirement is "acting what you want". The truly top-notch performances are not screaming or acting in a spectacular way, but "living" with the character naturally, making the audience empathize.
He also believes that AI is bringing great challenges to actors' work, and this trend will increase. Therefore, actors need to raise awareness of career crises, train their abilities, build core competitive advantages and uniqueness, to become irreplaceable.
