一、序言近年来,随着中国电影庆祝一百周年诞辰,随着中国电影进一步走向世界,并全面与世界接轨,建立中国电影分级制度,以促进中国电影产业发展的呼声也越来越高。为了建立具有中国特色的电影分级制度,就需借鉴世界电影工业发达国家经验,诸如美国电影分级制度。国内学界对美国电影分级制度及其前身电影审查制度的研究已取得 I. Introduction In recent years, as Chinese films celebrate the centenary of their birth, as Chinese films further enter the world and become more and more in line with the rest of the world, it is increasingly necessary to establish a Chinese film classification system to promote the development of the Chinese film industry. In order to establish a film classification system with Chinese characteristics, we need to learn from the experience of the developed countries in the world film industry, such as the classification system of the U.S. film. The domestic academia has made the research on the classification system of American cinema and its predecessor film censorship