Chinese stars with a history of drug use or involvement with prostitution will be banned from appearing on film or television in the latest fallout from Beijing’s ongoing moral crackdown, reports Foreign Policy magazine.

Officials from the state administration of press, publication, radio, film, and television (SARFT) are said to have ordered cinemas and TV networks to halt all screenings of movies featuring stars with “morally dubious” pasts. The move follows the 17 September arrest of Jackie Chan’s son, Jaycee, for allegedly smoking marijuana at his apartment. The actor Huang Haibo and director Wang Quan’an were arrested in May and September respectively on suspicion of having sex with prostitutes.

Citing a piece on the Chinese website Netease, Foreign Policy reports that more than 40 performing arts organisations in Beijing have also agreed not to employ actors with an alleged history of drug use. SARFT said it has introduced the new regulations because actors “corrupted the social atmosphere” through their behaviour and created a “detrimental influence on the development of many young people”.

The regulations began to be reported by Chinese media this week, leading to a mix of criticism and support via social media. On Weibo, China’s state-sponsored version of Twitter, some reportedly called for Huang to be given a second chance. But others said Chinese supporters of democracy in Hong Kong or continuing independence for Taiwan should also be hit with screen bans.

There is no suggestions that the new regulations will apply to actors based outside of China. However, the moral crackdown rather calls into question Chinese authorities’ ongoing love affair with Hollywood, which would lose many of its major stars if it followed the same rules.