Washington, Aug 2 (ANI): 'Rush Hour 3' starring Jackie Chan will not be screened in mainland China.

As for why the movie, which stars the 53-year-old who is considered as a national treasure, won't be released in the country, officials insisted it was because many Hollywood films have already been imported.

Xiao Ping, a VP of imports and exports at the state-run China Film Group insisted that the movie's market was not very good.

"We think the market for the movie is relatively weak," E! online quoted Ping, as saying.

However, one reason attributed for not squeezing in the flick among other Hollywood films is its racial humour and contents that are judged anti-Chinese by China's Film Bureau.

The movie depicts a Chinese organized crime family called the Triad.

But, Bill Kong, chief of the film's Hong Kong-based distributor, Edko Films insisted that the Film Bureau had nothing to do with it.

"The problem is not the Film Bureau, it is China Film [Group. The schedule is very congested, and American films are doing very well around the world this year. In China especially, that's an understatement," he said.

Rush Hour 3, whose predecessors have earned more than 500 million dollars worldwide, is set to hit U.S. theatres on August 10. (ANI)