ZU Yongchen began his career in 2012. Since then, he has successively appeared in over 30 stage dramas and films, portraying more than 50 distinct characters in more than 1,200 performances. He has starred in many works directed by well-known Chinese and foreign directors - as Antonio in CHEN Xinyi’s The Merchant of Venice, as Lopakhin (merchant) in nationally treasured Lithuanian director Rimas Tuminas’ La Cerisaie, as a man in New Comedy Show by John Rando, a winner of the Tony Award for Best Director, and as LI Shiqing in JIN Xing’s Sunrise, directed by JIN Xing.

His representative stage dramas include JIN Xing and Rimas Tuminas’ La Cerisaie (as Lopakhin, directed by Rimas Tuminas), The Merchant of Venice (as Antonio, directed by CHEN Xinyi), Sunrise (as LI Shiqing, directed by JIN Xing), New Comedy Show (as a man, directed by John Rando), Dog’s Face (as a dog, directed by HE Nian), Deep in the Heart (as BAI Hu, directed by HE Nian), And Then There Were None (as Marston, directed by LIN Yi), Murder on the Orient Express (as Bouc, directed by LIN Yi), The Play That Goes Wrong (as inspector, directed by LIN Yi), The Gronholm Method (as Frank, directed by TIAN Shui), The Capone Trilogy, SHANG Yang, Murder on Air, Love is Not Blind, The Missing Groom, Popcorn, The Three-Body Problem, Chinese Paladin, Witness for the Prosecution, Love O2O, and others.

As a director, his representative works include Witness and Crazy Barber’s Shop (which has been staged over 1,200 sessions in Shanghai, attended by an audience of more than 200,000).

Sarina is a first-class actress who holds a degree from the Acting Department of Shanghai Theatre Academy. She received the National May 1^st Labour Medal in 2021. Now she is Vice President of the Actors Committee of the China Television Artists Association of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Vice President of the Actors Committee of the China Federation of Radio and Television Associations, President of the Film, Television and Theatre Committee of the Chinese Workers’ Association for Culture and Sport, and Charity Ambassador for the Workers’ Bookhouse of All-China Federation of Trade Unions.

In 1995, six years after graduation, Sarina starred in her first TV drama, NIU Yuqin’s Trees - as a mother of three children. Since then, she has often portrayed a “mother”. In 1997, she won the Outstanding Actress Award at the 18^th China TV Drama Flying Apsaras Awards for her role in Affection Watcher. The following year, she received the Magnolia Award for Best Actress at the Seventh Shanghai TV Festival for her role in Tramcar at Midnight. In 2003, she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress Award at the 23^rd China Golden Rooster Awards. In 2006, she garnered the Most Popular Actress Award at the 24^th China TV Golden Eagle Awards. In 2008, she became well-known to a wide audience for her portrayal of “ZHU Chuanwen’s Mother” in Chuang Guandong, for which she won the Outstanding Actress Award at the 27^th China TV Drama Flying Apsaras Awards and the Most Popular Actress Award at the 24^th China TV Golden Eagle Awards. In 2011, she starred in Zhong Guo Di, garnering the Outstanding Actress Award at the First China Television Director Committee and was nominated for the 40^th International Emmy Award for Best Actress. In 2016, she won the “Sapphire” Award for Best Actress at the Actors of China. In 2013, she won the Best Supporting Actress Award at the 17^th Beijing Film and TV Chunyan Awards for her performance in Watching the Sky. In 2019, she was nominated for the Magnolia Award for Best Supporting Actress at the 25^th Shanghai TV Festival. In 2022, she starred in the New Year’s blockbuster A Lifelong Journey, nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 31^st China TV Golden Eagle Awards and “Golden Lotus” Award for Best Supporting Actress at the 13^th Macau International TV Festival. In 2025, she won the Most Media-Focused Actress Award at the 22^nd China Movie Channel Media Focus Unit for her role in the film Successor.

LI Junfeng is a film and TV actor, holding a Bachelor’s Degree from the Acting Department of Shanghai Theatre Academy. In 2005, he portrayed Criminal Police Captain XING Kai in the TV drama REN Changxia, starting his brilliant career as a film and TV actor. In 2007, he played WANG Chaogang in Desert Mother, leaving a deep impression on the audience with his brilliant portrayal of this distinct character. In 2013, he acted the role of Battalion Fire Chief GAO Jiangong in The King of Soldier, a character of strong will different from all the tough guys he had interpreted before. In 2015, he played the role of SIMA Cuo, the General in Qin Dynasty, in the grand historical drama Legend of Miyue‌, considered to be a general who resembles the terracotta warriors most. In 2019, he appeared as MA Xiaoyun, an officer fighting in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in TV drama Three Generals of the MA Family, giving an impressive portrayal of this character, who is both intelligent and courageous. That same year, he appeared as village cadre CHEN Xinyu in Lantong, presenting a grassroots cadre’s sense of mission and responsibility in his splendid performance. In 2020, LI Junfeng portrayed Anti-drug Police Captain “Mr. TIAN” in Trident, with this policeman’s professional competence becoming highly visible in his skillful and steady interpretation. In 2022, he starred as village cadre MENG Changlong in The Daughter of Grand Mountain, which gained high audience ratings and critical acclaim. In 2020, he starred as Marshal HE Long in Echoes of the Northwest, showing his tender feelings in the forthright and staunch character - this demonstrates his profound understanding and artistic portrayal of the historical personage. In 2025, he continued portraying “Mr. TIAN”, who is no longer Anti-drug Police Captain, but Economic Investigation Team Leader, in Trident 2, where he did not behave in a straightforward way anymore, but gave a humorous performance, refreshing the audience.

YANG Sen is an actor with both solid acting skills and a broad creative vision. He has extensive domestic and foreign professional education backgrounds and interdisciplinary performing arts experience.

After finishing his undergraduate studies in theatre performance at the Jilin University of Arts, YANG Sen went to the United States for further education. He attended the Herbert Berghof Studio for a degree in acting and the New York Film Academy for a degree in film and television production. He received systematic professional training there, laying a solid foundation for his diverse career in the performing arts.

YANG Sen has been wrapped up in stage performance for many years. He has performed on lots of stages at home and abroad, portraying numerous distinct, iconic characters. He has starred in many theatrical works directed by Chinese and foreign directors - as Kostya‌/Trigorin in The Seagull, as Austin in True West, and as Carmichael in A Behanding in Spokane, showing his precise grasp of diverse theatrical contexts. He worked with Hong Kong director Tony Wong LP, portraying a lead role, RONG Yi, in Magnificent Culture RONG Yi’s Robe. This drama, which boasts a creative team of elite artists from Chinese Mainland and Hong Kong, is profound both ideologically and artistically. Besides, he portrayed the core character, “Dad” MENG Ke, in director FAN Chong’s AI-themed musical commission I AI You. The drama makes perfect sense for him because it was the first musical to star him after his return from Broadway. Furthermore, he headed the bill in The Legend of the Three Heroes, Blithe Spirit and others. He was also invited to perform Off-Broadway dramas Laughing in the Wind and In the Silence of the Heart directed by American director Joanna Chan. Beyond all that, he has appeared in RUAN Lingyu, Mourning Becomes Electra and other stage classics, fully demonstrating his amazing stage presence.

As a film and TV actor, YANG Sen has appeared in multiple genres of work such as film, TV series and Internet drama. Especially, as a film actor, he has cooperated with many well-known directors. For example, he plays Damon‌ in Jacky Gan’s Octopus with Broken Arms, a music producer in ZHANG Dapeng’s Be My Family, roles in Eva Jin‌’s Brave Girls and Sun Moon, and a role in Ron Yuan’s Step Up China. He can perform well in many genres of film, such as comedy, drama and inspirational films. He has given a brilliant portrayal of characters in many different genres of TV dramas launched at different times, including Lanzhou, the Golden City (as ZHAO Zhixun), Seven Years, Still in Love, Mop Lady’s Spring, I Love the Shrew, and others. As an Internet drama actor, YANG Sen has given many standout performances. For example, he plays core roles in CH: OS: EN, Last Sunrise and Secret Window. He has drawn widespread attention, too, for his performance in Abnormal Events Anthology and Mystery Mirrors: Fantastic Urban Tales.

From stage to screen, and from China to abroad, YANG Sen keeps going beyond himself in different performing arts areas with his strong acting ability and deep understanding of characters. He is an all-round actor who can give a perfect performance both on the stage and in a film or TV drama.

HUANG Yizi is a young actress bound up in the drama, musical, film and TV arts. As a drama performer, she has deeply involved herself in the innovative practice of director DING Yiteng’s “new-style” acting model in recent years. In Cyrano and Contratiempo, she combines the traditional Chinese opera aesthetics skillfully with contemporary theatrical vocabulary, demonstrating her ability to give a precise portrayal of dramatic roles. Several works starring her have drawn widespread attention and praise from the industry, including the National Theatre of China drama Cyrano (as Roland), directed by DING Yiteng, and DrumTower West Theatre drama I am a Moon (as Mei). Moreover, she stars as QIN Jiaying and QIN Weiwei in One Day Three Autumns, a stage drama adapted from LIU Zhenyun’s novel, as Sheila‌‌ in An Inspector Calls, a drama directed by ZHANG Yang, adapted from a classic by British playwright Priestley, and as Marilyn in Martin McDonagh’s representative work A Behanding in Spokane, a black farce in which she gives a special performance. HUANG Yizi also joined the China tour of Contratiempo, a stage drama presented by Pushover Entertainment and directed by DING Yiteng, adapted from a film of the same title directed by Oriol Paulo, a great Spanish suspense filmmaker. The drama was warmly received on the tour. She has played a part in other classic dramas including The Seagull, L’Aide-mémoire, The Gannet, Vierundzwanzig Stunden aus dem Leben einer Frau and Closer.

Beyond her dedication to drama performance, HUANG Yizi is keen on the musical, film and TV arts. As a musical performer, she has starred in Magic Avanti, and appeared in director LU Chuan’s large-scale audiovisual resident show Attraction Show in Bird’s Nest, Xinyi Theatre Rock in the Western Chamber and Broadway classic musical Into the Woods (in Chinese, as Mrs. Bread). As a film and TV actress, she has starred in Spy Hunter, directed by LI Lu with ZHANG Yong as the screenwriter, played a part in Happiness Will Come Back, directed by YAN Po with ZHOU Yong as the screenwriter, and starred in director QIAN Yanqiu’s Academy of Detectives: The Legend of DI Renjie, and The Place Taller than Mountains, directed by XIANG Yong with ZHANG Yongchen as the screenwriter.

With her soulful performance and ceaseless exploration of the stage art, HUANG Yizi has made continuous progress in acting in recent years, demonstrating her great development potential as a young actress.

ZHANG Xin is a first-class director. He is a member of the China Theatre Association, China TV Artists Association and China Film Association, Vice Chairman of the Chongqing Film Association, and Art Director of the Fujian People’s Art Theatre Youth Troupe. He has starred in dramas including Looking for Mr. Right, The Forbidden Game, The Mud Man, Shazhouping, Magical Chairs, The Hopeful Field, Hejie Teahouse, Qixiangju Teahouse, Millennium Dream: Emperor Wu of Han, Drink Water from the Same River, The Mountains Afar and the Sea Nearby, and others. He has directed some dramas including Man Struggles Upwards and Together, and directed dozens of drama sketches starring him, including Family Union at New Year, The Tree, and Family Visit. He has directed and starred in hundreds of film and TV works, totaling over a thousand episodes. Some have won the Excellent Performance Award, Best Rising Star Award, Flying Apsaras Award, “Five-One Project” Award, Excellent TV Drama Award, TV Drama Show Award and other prizes.

GAN Yu is a first-class actor at the Tianjin People’s Art Theatre. His representative TV dramas include Da Ming Wang Chao, The City of Youth, Qihang, Never Give Up, Medal of the Republic, Green Porcelain, Martial Universe, Startling Love With Each Step, Cell Phone, The Deer and the Cauldron, Battle Creek, Chuanliu, The Legend of the Spicy, and Dark Red 1936. His representative films include Evening Drum and Morning Bell, The Red Boat, Emergency Call, Emile, and QIAN Xuesen.

OU Ning holds a bachelor’s degree from the Acting Department of the Central Academy of Drama. He works all year round as a film, TV, drama and musical performer, portraying every character with passion and sincerity.

In terms of film art, OU Ning served as Assistant Director of Lust, directed by Ang Lee, and played Student Leader in it. The film won the Golden Lion Award for Best Film at the 64^th Venice International Film Festival. He served as On-set Director of Red Cliff, directed by John Woo. The film won the Excellent Co-production Award at the 13^th China Huabiao Film Awards. He was Bilingual On-set Director of The Karate Kid. Then he portrayed HUANG Shizhong in Bodyguards and Assassins, directed by Teddy Chan/Peter Chan. The film won the 29^th Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film. He acted the role of ZHOU Yongkai in ZHOU Yongkai, directed by LAN Chengxu. The film won the “Five-One Project” Award by Sichuan Province in 2025. He later played Jielun in 22^nd Catch, directed by LIU Guanghui, and Father in Tracing, directed by LI Xiaofeng.

In terms of TV art, OU Ning played CHU Shixin in Young Marshal, directed by ZHANG Li. The drama won the 28^th China TV Golden Eagle Award and 22^nd Shanghai Magnolia Award. He portrayed GU Qian in LAODIE, directed by LI Ni, Yingte in There is No Thief in the World, directed by HOU Yong, SU Shaobo in The Red Flag Thrown into West Wind, directed by WANG Fei, Shitou in Battle Song of the Chinese People's Anti-Japanese Military and Political University, directed by CAI Shunan, ZHANG Jianming in Catcher, directed by LI Ni, and ZHU Xingwu in Green Hills Are Not Black, directed by LI Wenqi. 

In terms of drama art, OU Ning portrayed Pujing in Beijing Fayuan Temple, directed by TIAN Qinxin. The drama won the title of “Drama of the Year” at the One Drama Awards 2016. He appeared as TAO Mukan in February, directed by LI Liuyi, and Kovac in Be Stranded, directed by LIU Xiaodan. The drama won the Excellent Experimental Theatre Award in 2016. He portrayed Adjutant CHENG in Interrupted Dream, directed by CHEN Peisi, WANG Wen in Radio Wave by Shichahai, directed by YAN Rui, FANG Cheng in Red Eagle, a masterwork directed by ZHAO Yu in commemoration of the 100^th anniversary of the Chinese Air Force, Confucius in Crows and Sparrows, directed by HUANG Ying, Bandaroni in Il Servitore di Due Padroni, directed by WANG Jiannan, XIONG Zilin in Bound by Love, Torn by Fate, directed by GUO Degang/GUAN Bo, and MAI Xiande in The Iron-Hearted Loyalty to the Party, directed by SUN Tianqi.

As a musical performer, OU Ning played Yingsheng in Song of Light & Shadow, directed by TIAN Qin in commemoration of 100^th anniversary of Chinese cinema. He portrayed CHEN Duxiu in The Age of Awakening, directed by GAO Ruijia. The musical was one of the Top Ten Musicals of 2023. He then acted the role of HAO Jie in Like Dream, Like Reality, directed by WANG Tingting. The work won the Special Prize at the 2024 Tianqiao Awards. Later he appeared as County Magistrate in You and Me, a large-scale poetic music and dance drama directed by LANG Kun/CAI Weiman, and LAN Yong in Five-Coloured Red Army Uniform, the large-scale song and dance drama directed by XIAO Xiangrong / Duoji.

OU Ning is the director of The Soldier’s Tale, on which he worked with the China National Symphony Orchestra/Castle Chamber Orchestra.

YANG Qi is a member of the NCPA Drama Ensemble and a second-class actress, holding a Master’s Degree in acting from the Beijing Film Academy. She is a member of the China Theatre Association.

YANG Qi heads the bill as Portia in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice and Bettridge in Goldoni’s Il Servitore di Due Padroni. Her representative dramas including Shakespearean comedy Twelfth Night, Shakespearean tragedy Hamlet, Chinese drama commission Crows and Sparrows, Ibsen’s classic drama A Doll’s House, The LEI Family, the Royal Architects, a drama commission supported by the China National Arts Fund, Shakespeare’s King Lear, Sino-British co-production of drama commission The Tempest, Shakespearean comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the NCPA classic drama Jane Eyre.

Her representative film and TV works include TV dramas Empresses in the Palace, Echoes of the Northwest, The Chinese Old Peasant, Detective YANG Jinbang, Expedition, The Sky of Women, The Great Porcelain Merchant, Take Time to Fall in Love after Work, In Hot Pursuit and Man Hunt.

SUN Lishi is an actor at the NCPA Drama Ensemble and a member of the Beijing Theatre Association, holding a bachelor’s degree in acting from the Central Academy of Drama and a master’s degree in arts from the Capital Normal University.

SUN Lishi has portrayed many roles in NCPA dramas including Helmer in A Doll’s House, Claudius in Hamlet, Shylock in The Merchant of Venice, Bandaroni in Il Servitore di Due Padroni, Orsino in Twelfth Night, Mycroft in Suspect Sherlock Holmes, HOU Yibo in Crows and Sparrows, Prosecutor Villefort in The Count of Monte Cristo, GUAN Tianpei in LIN Zexu, and XU Fucheng in Returning Home on a Snowy Night. He has also portrayed film and TV characters such as LI Dazhao in Da Lang Tao Sha, Police Officer LIN in High Forces, TANG Shao in River of Oedipus, LI Dazhao in Sun Yat-sen, ZHANG Guanghu in Enlighten Your Life, and JIN Yishan in Whirlwind Girl.

Some works starring SUN Lishi have won the “Five-One” Project Award by the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee and the Excellent TV Drama Award at the China TV “Peony Awards”. He has got involved in numerous projects supported by national and ministerial/provincial arts funds.

LI Runcheng is an actor and director. Born in Beijing, he studied at the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts and later at the Director Department of Beijing Film Academy. After beginning his career as a film and TV actor in 1993, he has appeared in numerous high-quality Chinese TV dramas such as Queen Bee in Gold, The Brother Hero, Shajiabang, Coming Back, Sword of the Sky, The Course of History, and Left Hand Cleaver.

ZHANG Chunyu is a graduate of the Acting Department of National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts, specialising in the portrayal of a martial role, especially a young martial role. He works at the National Peking Opera Company and Jingju Theatre Company of Beijing.

His representative film and TV works include Ghost Tales (as Childe BI), Emperor Wu of Han (as Elder Crown Prince LIU Rong), Eldest Prince Pujun (as Uncle Prince of Prince Qing’s Mansion), Special Envoy of Qing Dynasty (as Zaitao), Princess of Pearl 2, Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre, The Fair Ladies, Endive Sprouts on Soul Mountain, Assassin, children’s drama The Magic Valley, and others.

SHE Nannan is a first-class actress who plays a part in the NCPA drama Jane Eyre.

Her representative works include Desire for Worldly Pleasures, The Crucible, Richard III, Jane Eyre, The Physicist, FU Sheng, and others. SHE Nannan has won many honours including the Excellent Performance Award at the China Little-Theatre Drama Festival 1993, the title of Advanced Individual of May Fourth by the Ministry of Culture and Excellent Performance Award at the National Arts Exhibition and Festival for Art Theatres and Troupes.

LAN Lan is a graduate of the Department of Theatre, People’s Liberation Army Academy of Arts. She was second-class actress at the Performing Arts Troupe of the Former August First Film Studio and Deputy Managing Director of the Troupe. Now she is a council member of the China Film Performance Society, China XIA Yan Film Association and Actors Committee of China Federation of Radio and Television Association, and a member of the Board of Supervisors of Reteng Foundation. Her representative films include The Power of Faith (HE Xiangning), Military Soul on the Frontier (GUO Peirong), ZHOU Enlai in His Childhood (Eighth Aunt), Spy Eyes (ZHANG Lan), and Fifth Action Squad - Paris in Night (ZHOU Yilan). Her representative TV works include Blood-Soaked Glory (ZHANG Xidou), The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (Princess Yimei), The Cipher Telegram (QI Lanting), Yanan Praise (LIU Ying), Refinement of Faith (LI Pei), and The Red Leaves of Fragrant Hills (LEI Jieqiong). She once played Mrs. Bennet in the drama Pride and Prejudice. She won the Outstanding Supporting Actress Award at the Wushan Goddess Art Film Festival for her role in Military Soul on the Frontier, and the Outstanding Supporting Actress Award at the 14^th International Internet Film Festival.

GUO Shuojie is a member of the NCPA Drama Ensemble, holding a Bachelor’s Degree from the Acting Department of the Central Academy of Drama.

GUO Shuojie has appeared in the NCPA dramas A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet, Il Servitore di Due Padroni, Crows and Sparrows, The Merchant of Venice, King Lear, The Tempest, LIN Zexu, Jane Eyre, Returning Home on a Snowy Night, The Count of Monte Cristo, and The LEI Family, the Royal Architects, and opera The Red Guards on Honghu Lake. His representative film and TV works include Everybody Knows I Love You and My Roommate is a Detective.