page_title: Central Academy of Drama
section_title: Notable alumni
hierarchical_section_title: Central Academy of Drama / Notable alumni
caption_attribution_description: English: Actress Tang Wei in Seoul, Korea, February 10, 2011
context_page_description: The Central Academy of Drama, abbreviated Zhong Xi, is a drama school in Beijing, China. It is a Chinese Ministry of Education Double First Class Discipline University, with Double First Class status in some disciplines. The school is the first theatre higher educational institution of the People's Republic of China. It is ranked as the best top-level drama, Film and Television arts institution in China and has been selected into the country's construction plan of world first-class disciplines. The Central Academy of Drama is a central subordinate university and is also an art college directly under the Ministry of Education. It is the highest institution of education in dramatic art among the world's leading art institutions in Chinese drama, visual arts teaching and research center. The Central Academy of Drama is also the headquarters of the World Theatre Education Alliance, China Alliance of Theatre Higher Educational Institutes and Asia Theatre Education Centre. The Central Academy of Drama has engaged in the practice of drama and the visual arts for more than 50 years and is a bastion of experimental theater drama in China.
context_section_description: Note that class year indicates the entrance year, not graduating year.
  Acting Department
  Class of 1950: Jin Yaqin
  Class of 1954: Zheng Zhenyao
  Class of 1959: Yan Shunkai
  Class of 1960: Wen Xingyu
  Class of 1974: Chen Baoguo, Guo Lianwen
  Class of 1979: Chen Daoming
  Class of 1980: Jiang Wen, Lü Liping, Yue Hong
  Class of 1982: Ni Dahong
  Class of 1984: Zhang Hanyu, Wu Xiubo
  Class of 1985: Gong Li, Jia Hongsheng, Wei Zi, Chen Wei
  Class of 1986: Chen Zhihui
  Class of 1987: Hu Jun, Xu Fan
  Class of 1988: Guo Tao, Wu Xiubo
  Class of 1989: Tao Hong
  Class of 1990: Li Yapeng, Chen Jianbin
  Class of 1991: Huang Zhizhong
  Class of 1993: Zhu Yuanyuan, Wang Qianyuan
  Class of 1994: Tao Hong, Gong Beibi, Duan Yihong
  Class of 1995: Xia Yu
  Class of 1996: Zhang Ziyi, Liu Ye, Qin Hailu, Mei Ting, Yuan Quan, Qin Hao
  Class of 1997: Chen Hao, Calvin Li
  Class of 1998: Deng Chao, Zhu Yuchen
  Class of 1999: Chen Sicheng, Zhang Luyi
  Class of 2000: Zhou Yun, Liu Yun, Gao Lu
  Class of 2001: Zhang Xinyi
  Class of 2002: Wen Zhang, Tiffany Tang, Tong Yao, Cao Xiwen, Bai Jing, Yang Shuo, Zhang Mo
  Class of 2003: Wang Kai, Hans Zhang
  Class of 2004: Tong Liya, Wang Zhi, Hu Sang, Zheng Qingwen
  Class of 2005: Chen Xiao, Mao Xiaotong, Lin Xiawei, Lin Peng, Ying Er, Zhang Jianing
  Class of 2006: Liu Yuxin, Song Yi
  Class of 2007: Wei Daxun, Cheng Yi
  Class of 2008: Ma Ke, Lan Yingying, Gao Weiguang
  Class of 2009: Bai Yu
  Class of 2010: Qin Junjie, Qiao Xin, Yang Yang, Zhao Yingzi
  Class of 2012: Yang Xuwen, Liang Jie
  Class of 2013: Zhang Ming'en
  Class of 2014: Dong Zijian
  Class of 2015: Liu Haoran, Dong Sicheng
  Class of 2016: Zhang Xueying, Zhao Jiamin
  Class of 2018: Jackson Yee, Hu Xianxu
  Directing Department: Bao Guo'an (Class of 1977), Li Baotian (Class of 1979), Zhang Yang (Class of 1988), Zhang Jingchu (Class of 1997), Lin Yongjian (Class of 1999), Tang Wei (Class of 2000), Papi Jiang (Class of 2005)
  Department of Musical Theatre: Sun Honglei (Class of 1995), Jin Dong (Class of 1999)
  Department of Stage Design: Zhang Lei (Class of 1995)
  Department of Dramatic Literature: Zhang Yibai (Class of 1986), Diao Yinan (Class of 1987), Cai Shangjun (Class of 1988), Yilin Zhong (Class of 1993)
caption: Tang Wei