China’s civil aviation authorities have issued a series of regulations to prevent crazy fans who throng to airports for a closer look at their idols from disturbing public security in the airport.

Notice from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) was exposed on Chinese social media on July 11, saying that the authority had paid great attention to the flight delays and chaos in the airports caused by crazy fans, and they would launch solutions to strengthen the management of staffs and security in the airport.

The authority listed three specific solutions in the notice, including strengthening the management of staffs to prevent the leak of the private information of celebrities, building up an early warning system to prevent fans from gathering in the airports and maintaining the order on board.

Despite there is no specific definition of what kind of behaviors of fans could be categorized as “disturbing the security of airports,” the introduction of this regulation could be seen as a strong signal sent by the authority to strictly tackle with the chaos caused by fans in the airport.

Chinese netizens on social media have hailed CAAC's regulations, and some of them are even fans themselves.

“It is necessary to tackle with [crazy fans in the airports]. No matter those who leak the private information [of celebrities] or those waiting for their idols in disorder. Please do not cross over the reasonable distance,” commented a user on China’s Twitter-equivalent Weibo.

“[I] support the management [of authority]. It is quite common to see those irrational behaviors of fans in the airport. It is good news for both celebrities and passengers to manage the public order in the airport. The most suitable distance between fans and idols should probably be kept between on and off stage,” commented another Weibo user.

However, such chaos caused by fans could be seen every day in the airports.

In May, the hashtag #CrazyFansCausedFlightDelayed has become a hot topic on Chinese social media with more than 123.9 million clicks. Around 20 fans who booked the same flight with their idol caused a flight to be delayed over two hours when they made all-out efforts to record their idol’s journey.

Nevertheless, those crazy fans who bought the tickets of economic class rushed to the first-class cabin once the flight took off and they once again blocked the cabin door when the flight landed, according to Liu, a passenger on the flight.

Every three or four days, there will be a group of fans flock to the airport to pick up their idols at the terminal three, according to an airport staff in the Beijing International Airport. When K-pop stars were popular in China, more than ten groups of fans were expected to appear in the airport.

In 2017, the number of recorded alerts caused by fans in the terminal three reached 20, in which the popularity of fans surpassed 50. And this year’s records have already passed seven, reported Beijing Youth Daily.

Since China has launched the regulations to restrict people who are given a bad social credit rating when they use trains or flights starting May 1, passengers who block the cabin doors and conduct any other behaviors that interfere with the order in the airport or aircraft, will be subjected to administrative punishment or criminal responsibility by the public security organs as well as being blacklisted for taking flights.

Although authorities have blacklisted no fans for causing the chaos in the airports, it is still possible for them to take responsibilities in the future regarding the regulations.