Yang Zi is an award-winning Chinese actress and singer who got her start as a child actress. Born on November 6, 1992, she also is known by the name Andy Yang and is considered to be one of the “Four Dan of Actresses of the Post-90s Generation” along with Zheng Shuang, Zhou Dong Yu and Guan Xiao Tong. Yang Zi made her acting debut in the 2002 television series “Ru Ci Chu Shan.” She has since starred in many popular films and television dramas, including the recent “Ode to Joy” (2016), “The Legend of Chusen” (2016) and “The Legend of Chusen 2” (2016-2017) and “Ashes of Love” (2018).

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Mai Cheng Huan (Yang Zi) has always lived her life according to the wishes of her overbearing mother. But after her mother’s interference brings about the end of an important relationship, Cheng Huan decides enough is enough. Breaking free from her mother’s hold, Cheng Huan pours all her focus into advancing in her career, and takes a position as the manager of a family hotel. While the hotel heir, Yao Zhi Ming (Xu Kai) has doubts about Cheng Huan’s abilities, it doesn’t take long for him to recognize her many talents. Working side by side, Cheng Huan and Zhi Ming navigate the turbulent waters of family and business together, finding unexpected love along the way.

A classic tale of enemies to lovers, this is a 2024 Chinese romantic comedy drama directed by Tian Yu and Wang Cheng Xin.

Best Choice Ever

✨ The Best Love Story ❤️

Mai Cheng Huan

JSTV, Youku

Huang Ying Zi (Yang Zi), Jiang Yi (Fan Cheng Cheng), and four other friends have been all but inseparable since they were young children. Their group of six has grown together through their early school days through to the latter end of their teenage years. The sparks of romance have ignited in this co-ed group, but have never truly caught fire. But now, as they prepare for their college entrance examination, reality is starting to bite. Once their school days are over, they are separated, with one heading overseas and the rest moving to various different parts of China…

Now, aged 30, Huang Ying Zi receives news that one of the group is set to marry – and seizes on the opportunity to reunite the group. The friends finally reassemble. But while the dynamic of their friendship has changed in the years they’ve been apart, old romantic feelings start to re-emerge. Could this reunion finally send Huang Ying Zi and Jiang Yi on the road to love – or has the boat of romance already sailed?

This drama was based on a novel named “Who Do You Like at Seventeen?” by Ying Shi Liu.

“Love Endures” is a 2024 Chinese drama series that was directed by Niu Chao.

Love Endures

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In a realm comprised of three kingdoms, Sheng Nong, Xuan Yuan, and Gao Xing, Jiu Yao (Yang Zi) grew up in the Imperial court, as a princess who wanted for nothing. Her childhood best friend was her cousin, the Xuan Yuan Prince Qiang Xuan (Zhang Wan Yi). As young children, the duo would dream about getting married and spending their whole lives together. But fate has other plans for Jiu Yao. After experiencing no shortage of challenges and difficulties, Jiu Yao finds herself totally robbed of her identity and her royal past. She eventually finds herself in a town named Qing Shui, where she poses as a man and tries to make a living by selling dubious cure-all remedies. But Qiang Xuan has not given up his childhood dreams of marrying Jiu Yao, and has been trying to find her.

In Qing Shui, Jiu Yao saves a man named Tu Shan Jing (Deng Wei) – a future clan leader. Tu Shan Jing begins to fall for Jiu Yao, and she also develops feelings for him. But things are about to get very complicated for her, as she also meets a white-haired nine-headed demon in human form named Xiang Liu (Tan Jian Ci). This demon is somewhat rough and impatient with her, but also seems strangely drawn to her. Meanwhile, Qiang Xuan has finally managed to track down Jiu Yao. Does love – or tragedy – await this lost princess?

“Lost You Forever S1” is a 2023 Chinese drama series that was directed by Zhen Qin.

Lost You Forever S1

A Lady and Her 4 Gentlemen

Ying Yuan (Cheng Yi) is the Sovereign Lord and protector of a fantastic heavenly realm inhabited by deities and spirits who live long, peaceful lives above the clouds, thanks to a peace deal struck between a number of rival kingdoms. One day, however, that peace is at risk of shattering when an elder of the demon world attempts to steal a powerful treasure that has remarkable healing powers, the Four-Leafed Lotus. A fierce struggle breaks out and Ying Yuan intervenes to thwart the attempted theft. But in doing so, the treasure becomes personified in human-like form – as two sisters. Ying Yuan is given the honor of naming them, and names the older sister Zhi Xi (Zoey Meng)&nbsp;and the younger Yan Dan (Yang Zi). The latter appears to fall for the dashing and heroic Sovereign Lord.

But fate separates the two for many years, until Ying Yuan (now Tang Zhou, and no longer aware of who he used to be) comes upon Yan Dan again by chance in the mortal realm. He has become a demon hunter. But neither he nor she recalls who they once were and what they may have once felt for each other. Yan Dan is now accompanied by her close male friend Yu Mo (Zhang Rui). Together, this duo has already traveled together and experienced no shortage of adventures. Tang Zhou joins them on the quest to find ancient, powerful artifacts. But will he and Yan Dan ever recall who they used to be?

“Immortal Samsara” is a 2022 Chinese drama series that was directed by Guo Hu and Ren Hai Tao.

Immortal Samsara

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Tencent

Lin Zhi Xiao (Yang Zi) is a budding young cellist looking to start her career as she prepares to graduate from university. She has a handsome, loving boyfriend and even has a promising job lined up for when she completes her studies. Then her world falls apart…

Just before she graduates, her father is suddenly taken ill and needs to be hospitalized. She is forced to attend to his ailing health and all of a sudden is forced to say goodbye to the job she was hoping to take. To compound the misery, she also splits up with her boyfriend.

But when she is really starting to feel sorry for herself, she meets Gu Wei (Xiao Zhan), the doctor charged with treating her father. Gu Wei has also had a rough time of life of late, but the duo slowly starts to form a mutual understanding.

But could love follow for this pair – and might they one day be able to reverse their bad luck?

This drama was based on a hit novel written by Bolin Shi Jiang.

“The Oath of Love” is a 2022 Chinese drama series that was directed by Lu Ying.

The Oath of Love

🩺 Therapy Plays Your Heart 🎻

Youku

Having recently suffered a huge blow to her career, psychologist He Dun (Yang Zi) is currently struggling with her own set of psychological problems. Understandably depressed, He Dun’s friend, Xiao Xi, invites her out to dinner, where she happens to meet Ye Jia Hai (Wang Jia) and Qian Kai Yi (Jing Bo Ran). After speaking with Kai Yi, He Dun is persuaded to join him in hosting a radio program devoted to helping callers with their psychological issues.&nbsp;

Working closely with Kai Yi, He Dun’s career takes a positive turn as fans of their radio program start turning up to her counseling clinic in droves. With a successful radio program, a clinic that gets busier by the day, and very strong feelings developing between her and Kai Yi, He Dun couldn’t be happier. But fate, it would seem, can’t allow He Dun’s happiness to last for long. When her mentor, Ji Ming Cong (Huang Jue) is caught up in a scandal, He Dun is determined to uncover the truth. But as she searches for the answers that will clear her mentor’s name, her family life slowly begins to unravel.

Overwhelmed by stress at both home and work, He Dun finds herself relapsing as traumas from her past begin to resurface. Struggling to keep her life from falling apart around her, He Dun begins to reevaluate her priorities. Will this struggling doctor find a way to help others if she can’t first find a way to help herself?

Based on the novel of the same name by Bi Shu Min, “Psychologist” is a 2021 romance drama directed by Ke Wen Li.

Psychologist

Mind and Heart Healers ❤️‍🩹

Jiangsu TV, iQiyi

Ai Qing (Li Yi Tong) – also known by her gaming handle Appledog – is one of the top robot combat players in the land. A model professional, smart, and friendly, she has no shortage of fans. And chief among them is Wu Bai (Hu Yi Tian) – also known as DT.

Under Ai Qing’s tutelage, Wu Bai developed a keen passion for robot war contests and gaming, eventually becoming a star performer in his own right.

Now he has risen to become the robot combat scene’s biggest rising star, captaining a promising team new team named Pirate, which threatens to outshine even Ai Qing’s powerful Appledog team.

Despite their professional rivalry, the duo has remained close – and their feelings for one another keep growing, with romance also possibly in the cards.

But the ultimate challenge will come at the annual Robot Combat Competition, where teams Pirate, Appledog, and more duke it out for a much-prized trophy!

This drama was based on a novel by Mo Bao Fei Bao, and sees the two main characters reprise roles they played in the drama series “Go Go Squid!”

“Go Go Squid 2: Dt, Appledog's Time” is a 2021 drama series that was directed by Yu Zhong Zhong.

Go Go Squid 2: Dt, Appledog's Time

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Catch a glimpse into the lives of various people across China as they explore what makes their communities so unique in this humorous collection of short stories.

In director Ning Hao’s “A Beijing Good Person”, a sweet-natured Beijing resident (Ge You) finds himself in mixed-up, body-swapping caper, after resorting to identity fraud, in a last-ditch attempt to help his uninsured uncle get the medical attention he so desperately needs.&nbsp;

Chen Sicheng’s “A Mystery of UFO” tells the story of a pair of scientists and a reporter who team up to investigate the rumors of a UFO which appeared in Afu Village, deep in the heart of Qiannan, Guizhou.

In “The Way Back to Hometown”, directors Chao Deng and Baimei Yu team up to tell the story of a pair of corporate bigwigs who return to their small hometown to take part in a special celebration. While there, the two find their feelings for each other have begun to change.

Da-Mo Peng and Fei Yan’s “The Magical Touches” tells the story of a man who goes to great lengths to convince his wife that he’s studying art in Russia, when in reality, he returned to his hometown to help out. Little does he know, his wife has plans to visit his hometown soon.

By far the most emotional of the stories, Xu Zheng’s “The Last Class” tells the story of Lao Fan, a teacher who has recently been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Convinced he’s living in the past, students of this beloved teacher go to great lengths to help him relive his glory days.

An entertaining collection of short films, “My People, My Homeland” is a 2020 anthology comedy film directed by some of China’s most highly acclaimed filmmakers.

My People, My Homeland

iQiyi

Raised in the wilderness by his grandfather, Mo Ge Li (Ma Tian Yu) has spent his entire life surrounded by nature. Completely oblivious to the modern world, he has never had any sort of companionship, aside from his grandfather and the animals he calls friends. But all that changes the day Ling Xi (Yang Zi) walks into his life.

A modern, independent, career woman, Ling Xi meets Mo Ge Li by accident and inadvertently brings him home with her. Painfully aware that she needs to return this wild man to his home as quickly as possible, Ling Xi does her best but nothing seems to work out the way it should. Out of options, Ling Xi does the only thing she can, she lets Mo Ge Li stay with her until she can find a way to take him home. But living under the same roof comes with some very unexpected complications and even more complicated feelings.

Can a boy from the wilderness and a modern city girl find a way to bring their two worlds together or will their differences drive them apart?&nbsp;

Inspired by Rudyard Kipling’s “The Jungle Book”, “My Mowgli Boy” is a 2019 romance drama directed by Han Yang.

My Mowgli Boy

🌴 The Jungle Team 🌴

Dragon TV

At 19, Tong Nian (Yang Zi) has the whole world at her feet. A brilliant IT programming student, with stellar grades and an equally impressive social media following built around her covers of Japanese songs, Tong Nian never has a problem meeting new people or making friends. But that all changes the day Han Shang Yan (Li Xian) walks into her life.&nbsp;

A genius in his own right, Han Shang Yan is one of the world’s top professional gamers. A legend in the world of esports, Shang Yan is used to living in the spotlight but never once has he let it his position get in the way of his profession. Always working towards that next win, he has never let himself be distracted by the people around him, especially when it comes to women.

Smitten by Hang Shang Yan the moment she first lays eyes on him, Tong Nian tries to find a way to approach her new crush, but can never seem to find the words. Every attempt she makes ends up failing miserably. Cold and uninterested, Shang Yan barely even recognizes Tong Nian’s existence, or so it seems.&nbsp;

Could Tong Nian’s persistence catch the eye of a man who sees no one? To Tong Nian it may seem impossible but everyone knows, anything’s possible when it comes to love.

Based on the novel “Stewed Squid with Honey” by Mo Bao Fei Bao, “Go Go Squid!” is a Viki Original 2019 romantic comedy-drama directed by Xiang Xu Jing.

Go Go Squid!

🍯 Honey Stewed Squid! 🐙 

JSTV

A frost flower fairy who is unable to feel emotion is caught up in a love triangle with two warring deities.

Jin Mi (Yang Zi) is the daughter of the Flower Deity and Water Immortal. The deity learns that her daughter will suffer a great love trial, so she gives the baby girl a magical pill that prevents her from feeling any emotion or falling in love.

When Jin Mi mistakenly believes that her father died at the hands of the Fire Immortal, Xu Feng (Deng Lun), she kills him and ends up coughing up the magic pill in the process. Xu Feng comes back to life as the Demon Lord and challenges the Night Immortal, Run Yu (Luo Yun Xi), who took over the throne as the Heavenly Emperor. 

When Jin Mi becomes caught between the two warring lords, what will be her destiny?

“Ashes of Love” is a 2018 Chinese drama series directed by Chu Rui Bin. It is based on the novel Heavy Sweetness, Ash-like Frost by Dian Xian.

Ashes of Love

Gone with the Shirt Team 

Jin Mi

Master of the medicinal valley and disciple of the Jade Emperor, Zi Xuan (Allen Ren) was well on his way to becoming a deity when he met Bai Yao Yao (Yang Zi). A little white snake spirit roaming the mortal realm as a human, Yao Yao had no intention of falling in love with a mortal but sometimes, the best things in life happen when we least expect them.

Entwined by fate, Zi Xuan and Yao Yao should have had a beautiful life together but when demon catcher, Fa Hai (Mao Zi Jun), finds the two together, he becomes obsessed with tearing them apart. Desperate to save the life of the mortal she loves, Yao Yao breaks a heavenly seal, inadvertently releasing chaos and destruction upon the human world. In order to save the world, Zi Xuan sacrifices himself, leaving a devastated Yao Yao to face a dismal eternity alone.

A thousand years pass before Yao Yao allows herself to walk among men once more. As she travels, she finds Zi Xuan, now reborn as Xu Xian (Allen Ren). Though Xu Xian remembers nothing from his past life, Yao Yao remembers everything and vows that this time, things will be different.

Inspired by an ancient Chinese folk talk, “The Destiny of White Snake” is a 2018 fantasy romance drama directed by Yi Tao and Liu Guohui.

The Destiny of White Snake

The Little White Snakes

Bai Yao Yao

A young man faces an impossible choice. Zhang Xiao Fan (Li Yi Feng) and his childhood friend Lin Jing Yu (Cheng Yi) were the only survivors of the Grass Village massacre that wiped out both of their families. Taken in by the Qing Yun Sect, the boys were trained in the ways of the Immortal Sword. Xiao Fan falls in love with Bi Yao (Zhao Li Ying), the daughter of the Ghost King (Fu Cheng Peng). But when the Ghost King tries to grow his power by overthrowing the Qing Yun Sect, Xiao Fan must choose between protecting his people and hurting the woman he loves. What choice will he make? “The Legend of Chusen 2” is a 2016-2017 Chinese drama series. It is the second season of “The Legend of Chusen” (2016).

The Legend of Chusen 2

Gone with the Shirt team

Lu Xue Qi

Hunan Satellite TV

Can a man love a woman but still take down her father? Zhang Xiao Fan (Li Yi Feng) and his childhood friend Lin Jing Yu (Cheng Yi) were the only survivors of the Grass Village massacre that wiped out both of their families. Taken in by the Qing Yun Sect, the boys were trained in the ways of the Immortal Sword. Xiao Fan falls in love with Bi Yao (Zhao Li Ying), the daughter of the Ghost King (Fu Cheng Peng). But when the Ghost King tries to grow his power by overthrowing the Qing Yun Sect, Xiao Fan must choose between protecting his people and hurting the woman he loves. “The Legend of Chusen” is a 2016 Chinese drama series.

The Legend of Chusen

Gone with the Shirt Team

Zhejiang TV

Can five single, independent career women who live in the Ode to Joy apartment building find fulfillment on their own terms? 

An Di (Liu Tao) is a successful business woman who has returned to China after studying in New York to find her younger brother. Qu Xiao Xiao (Wang Zi Wen) is only 25 but already owns her own small business. Fang Sheng Mei (Jiang Xin) grew up in poverty but has shed her “Princess of the Streets” background to work for a multinational company. Qiu Ying Ying (Yang Zi) is a 20-year-old small-town girl who is trying to make it in the big city. Guan Ju Er (Bridgette Qiao Xin) is a 20-year-old from a highly educated family, but she must discover what she wants out of life when she enters the workforce for the first time. 

For these women, there is a man (or two) who is trying to get their attention. Dr. Zhao (Wang Kai) is a flirtatious, handsome doctor. Qi Dian (Zu Feng) is the stoic businessman. Wang Bai Chuan (Zhang Lu) is Sheng Mei’s steadfast friend who has always carried a torch for her. Yao Bin (Zhang Xiao Qian) is a second-generation chaebol. Tan Zong Ming (Jin Dong) is An Di’s boss who has been friend-zoned by her despite knowing her since their school days. 

Can the women find the personal happiness they seek?

“Ode to Joy” is a 2016 Chinese drama series directed by Sheng Kong. It is based on a novel by the same name.

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