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Like accountant, janitor or teacher, entertainer is just another profession like any other. For this reason, those who work in the entertainment industry should not have to deal with being followed by crowds of fans wherever they go as fans should respect their right to privacy as people. Recently, the Chinese government and the entertainment industry in China has been working hard to promote this type of “rational” mindset.

Students at Nanjing University in East China’s Jiangsu Province recently set a good example of this mindset for other young people.

Several young Chinese actors and actresses with huge followings were at the university for a TV shoot recently, but according to posts on China’s Twitter-like Sina Weibo, students at the university didn’t seem at all excited and just went about their days as usual. 

“The cast went to Nanjing University and after learning the news, students still went to class and took their breaks as usual. Only a few students went to watch the shoot and followed the stars,” one netizen wrote on Sina Weibo.

Many netizens complimented the students, saying that truly brilliant people walk their own paths and are not influenced by others.

The related hashtag “Nanjing University students keep cool when meeting stars” became a hot topic on Sina Weibo on Thursday.

Discussion into the reasons behind these university students’ cool attitudes spread across Chinese social media as it was in stark contrast to the crazy behavior of some fans often seen in news reports.

Hailing celebrities and taking photos of them at airports is one way fans show support for their idols. Some well-known stars often experience crazy welcomes at airports as hundreds or even thousands of fans try to crowd around a single star, even causing traffic jams and inconveniencing other tourists.

Some fans skip school or work to meet and show support for their idols, which can negatively impact their lives. These types of behavior should be considered irrational.

Unlike these fans, the students at Nanjing University just saw the stars as normal people who were finishing their work, which should be praised.

Supporting an idol should not affect a person’s normal life nor social order, this is common sense.
Chinese authorities are stepping in to regulate this behavior and more young people are discovering ways to support their idols that not only benefit these entertainers but also themselves. 

Following an official campaign launched by the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) on May 8 to combat the "irrational" efforts of Chinese fans to support their idols, more than Chinese 200 fan clubs of celebrities such as singer Jackson Wang, actor Wang Yibo and actress Ouyang Nana and several entertainment companies published initial written proposals outlining changes that should be implemented for the long-term sustainability of China's idol industry.