The actress came stone last in a study of 100 of the communist country's top celebrities for social responsibility with a score of zero per cent
VANISHED film star Fan Bingbing has been branded "socially irresponsible" by Chinese officials weeks after she was last seen.
The X-Men: Days of Future Past star hasn't been seen in public for more than two months causing widespread concern and bafflement among her millions of fans.
Fan Bingbing has been ranked bottom of a survey of Chinese celebrities social responsibility fuelling fears she has been arrestedShe has been a star in the country for years and burst onto the scene in the west in 2014 in the Marvel movie.
Last year, she topped Forbes magazine's list of top-earning Chinese celebrities making £33 million.
But she has been silent since July sparking rumours she has been arrested for tax evasion.
And now she has been ranked bottom of 100 Chinese stars for social responsibility in a list including Jackie Chan.
In the report by Beijing Normal University published earlier this month, 100 Chinese celebrities were ranked according to their professional work, charity work and personal integrity.
The stars were given a score out of 100 needing a score of more than 60 to pass.
Only nine celebs made the cut but Fan came stone last with a score of zero.
The report's authors said they studied the celebrities' behaviour to assess the extent of their social responsibility but did not elaborate how they arrived at the results, saying that the findings were based on "research and web-scraping".
It is not just celebrities who the Chinese government tracks, ordinary citizens are subjected to an Orwellian "social credit" score which can see them blacklisted and barred from certain activities.
Some websites are even reporting she is in a "miserable state" in a Chinese prison and her "career may be over".
Celebrity site claims an official in Beijing confirmed the actress was locked up and "will accept the legal decision made on her case".
She hasn’t been seen in public since July 1, when she visited a children’s hospital.
The star, who has 62 million followers, was last active was on Weibo on July 23.
Her “disappearance”, as her legion of fans have dubbed it, comes just a few months after TV presenter Cui Yongyuan appeared to accuse the actor of tax evasion.
The broadcaster hinted she had signed two so called “yin-and-yang” contracts.
According to AsiaOne, the allegation is that Fan has two contracts for her four-day work, with one for remuneration of £1.2million which was used to declare tax, while a secret contract with remuneration of £5.6 million was signed in private.
Her studio has denied these allegations and Mr Cui apologised, but concerned fans worry she may have been detained.
According to Chinese newspaper The Economic Observer, the police in Jiangsu province have stepped in to investigate and Ms Fan and her brother, Fan Chengcheng are reportedly barred from leaving the country.
CHINA'S 'social credit' system blacklists "lazy" citizens who get into debt or spend their time playing video games in a creepy invasion of citizens' privacy.
Government spooks analyse users' social media habits and online shopping purchases, in the Orwellian system which also grants real financial credit to citizens whose lifestyles are deemed to be more wholesome.
While the social credit scheme won't become mandatory until 2020, it is currently being tested in pilot schemes which have been rolled out through private financial companies.
The most high profile of these is Sesame Credit which has been developed by Ant Financial and uses computer algorithms to score people from 350 to 950, reports The Guardian.
Likened to an episode of dystopian horror series Black Mirror, Sesame Credit rates people on factors including “interpersonal relationships” and consumer habits including buying video games.
Those with a low-rating are “blacklisted” meaning they are unable to book a plane flight, prevented from renting or buying property and are unable to secure a loan or stay in a luxury hotel, reports MarketPlace.org.
That article has since been removed from the website.
Since the tax scandal broke, Jing Daily reports that luxury houses like Guerlain, De Beers, and Montblanc that have appointed Ms Fan as their brand ambassador are cautiously observing the possible impact on their businesses, with all of them stopping engaging with her on social media.
Her Weibo and Instagram accounts have been bombarded with messages asking her to release a statement confirming she is OK.
According to the BBC, fans have been writing “We love you, Fan Bingbing” and “we are waiting for an answer”.
Attempts to contact the star by the press have been unsuccessful.
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