List of Chinese television series

This is a list of Chinese television series by genre. For a chronological list, see List of Chinese television programs by date.

## Modern drama (现代剧)

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### Action (动作) / Adventure (探险)

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* The Lost Tomb (2015)
* The Mystic Nine (2016)
* Candle in the Tomb (2016)

* Candle in the Tomb: Mu Ye Gui Shi (2017)
* The Golden Eyes (2018)

### Comedy (喜剧)

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* I Love My Family (1993)
* Home with Kids (2005)
* Nonstop (2009)
* iPartment (2009)
* Surprise (2013)
* Mad About You (2016)

### Crime (犯罪) / Procedural (侦探) / Suspense (悬疑)

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* A Sentimental Story (1997)
* Monopoly Exposure (2014)
* Love Me If You Dare (2015)
* Memory Lost (2016)
* When a Snail Falls in Love (2016)
* Medical Examiner Dr. Qin (2016)
* Yu Zui (2016)
* Burning Ice (2017)
* Day and Night (2017)
* Age of Legends (2018)
* Love Journey (2019)
* Dancing in the Storm (2019)
* The Bad Kids (2020)
* Crime Crackdown (2021)
* Reset (2022)
* Imperfect Victim (2023)
* The Knockout (2023)
* The Long Season (2023)
* Justifiable Defense (2025)

### Drama (戏剧) / Family (家庭) / Slice-of-life (生活)

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* Ke Wang (1990)
* Sinful Debt (1995)
* Silent Tears (2006)
* Struggle (2007)
* Beautiful Life (2007)
* Thank You for Having Loved Me (2007)
* My Youthfulness (2009)
* Stage of Youth (2009)
* I'm a Boss (2009)
* The Big Life (2010)
* Will You Marry Me and My Family (2010)
* Run Daddy Run (2010)
* Sinful Debt 2 (2010)
* Melody of Youth (2011)
* The Bachelor (2012)
* Marriage Cuisine (2014)
* Tiger Mom (2015)
* Ode to Joy (2016)
* To Be a Better Man (2016)
* Housing (2016)
* In the Name of People (2017)
* Midnight Diner (2017)
* The First Half of My Life (2017)
* Dear My Friends (2017)
* Mother's Life (2018)
* All Is Well (2019)
* The World Between Us (2019)
* Nothing But Thirty (2020)
* Go Ahead (2020)
* The Bond (2021)
* New Generation (2021)
* Meet Yourself (2023)
* To the Wonder (2024)

### Fantasy (玄幻) / Science fiction (科幻)

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* Magic Touch of Fate (2005)
* Love Weaves Through a Millennium (2015)
* My Amazing Boyfriend (2016)
* The Starry Night, The Starry Sea (2017)
* Moonshine and Valentine (2018)
* Sweet Dreams (2018)
* Lie to Love (2021)
* Three-Body (2023)
* Mobius (2025)

### Romance (言情)

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* Old House Has Joy (1998)
* Love Story in Shanghai (2001)
* Sky Lovers (2002)
* Only You (2002)
* Boy & Girl (2003)
* Sound of Colors (2006)
* Emerald on the Roof (2006)
* Star Boulevard (2006)
* Paris Sonata (2006)
* Fast Track Love (2006)
* Modern Beauty (2007)
* A Mobile Love Story (2008)
* The Girl in Blue (2010)
* Single Princesses and Blind Dates (2010)
* Sunny Happiness (2011)
* Symphony of Fate (2011)
* Sealed with a Kiss (2011)
* The Queen of SOP (2012)
* When Love Walked In (2012)
* Beijing Love Story (2012)
* Drama Go! Go! Go! (2012)
* Flowers in Fog (2013)
* Best Time (2013)
* Destiny by Love (2013)
* Fiancee (2013)
* Boss & Me (2014)
* Scarlet Heart 2 (2014)
* Loving, Never Forgetting (2014)
* Go, Single Lady (2014)
* Love at Second Sight (2014)
* My Sunshine (2015)
* Diamond Lover (2015)
* Beautiful Secret (2015)
* Angel Wings (2016)
* Stay with Me (2016)
* Pretty Li Hui Zhen (2017)
* The Fox's Summer (2017)
* Angelo (2017)
* Shall I Compare You to a Spring Day (2017)
* A Seven-Faced Man (2017)
* Mr. Right (2018)
* Old Boy (2018)
* Only Side by Side with You (2018)
* Here to Heart (2018)
* Summer's Desire (2018)
* The Way We Were (2018)
* My Story for You (2018)
* All Out of Love (2018)
* Never Gone (2018)
* Shallow Lover (2018)
* If I Can Love You So (2019)
* Lucky's First Love (2019)
* River Flows to You (2019)
* See You Again (2019)
* My Girlfriend (2019)
* Find Yourself (2019)
* Tears in Heaven (2019)
* Love is Sweet (2020)
* My Girl (2020)
* Sparkle Love (2020)
* Broker (2020)
* Midsummer Is Full of Hearts (2020)
* The Love You Give Me (2023)
* The First Frost (2025)

### Sports (运动)

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* The Whirlwind Girl (2015)
* My Mr. Mermaid (2017)
* The King's Avatar (2019)
* The Prince of Tennis (2019)
* Skate into Love (2020)
* My Unicorn Girl (2020)
* Falling Into Your Smile (2021)
* Ping Pong (2021)

### Youth (青春）

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* Meteor Shower (2009)
* One and a Half Summer (2014)
* Addicted (2016)
* With You (2016)
* Love O2O (2016)
* Operation Love (2017)
* Rush to the Dead Summer (2017)
* A Love So Beautiful (2017)
* My Huckleberry Friends (2017)
* I Won't Get Bullied by Girls (2018)
* Meteor Garden (2018)
* Sweet Combat (2018)
* The Brightest Star in the Sky (2019)
* Put Your Head on My Shoulder (2019)
* Le Coup de Foudre (2019)
* Go Go Squid! (2019)
* Another Me (2019)
* Unrequited Love (2019)
* A Little Reunion (2019)
* Secret in the Lattice(2021)
* When We Were Young (2021)
* Hidden Love (2023)
* When I Fly Towards You (2023)

### Workplace (职场)

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* Ad Mania (2013)
* The Interpreter (2016)
* Surgeons (2017)
* Game of Hunting (2017)
* Negotiator (2018)
* Our Glamorous Time (2018)
* In Youth (2019)

## Period drama (年代剧)

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### Drama (戏剧)

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* A Leaf in the Storm (2003)
* The Spring River Flows East (2005)
* Moment in Peking (2005)
* Soldiers Sortie (2006)
* Shanghai Bund (2007)
* The Road We Have Taken (2009)
* In That Distance Place (2009)
* Love in Sun Moon Lake (2009)
* My Chief and My Regiment (2009)
* Moment in Peking (2014)
* Red Sorghum (2014)
* White Deer Plain (2017)
* Great Expectations (2018)
* Flesh and Spirit (2018)
* Entering a New Era (2018)
* Like a Flowing River (2018)
* Winter Begonia (2019)
* The Little Nyonya (2020)
* Forward Forever (2020)

### Fantasy (玄幻)

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* Wu Xin: The Monster Killer (2015)
* Guardian (2018)
* The Eight (2020)
* Love and Redemption (2020)
* Shining for One Thing (2022)

### Romance (言情)

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* A Romance in Shanghai (1996)
* Love Is Payable (1997)
* Romance in the Rain (2001)
* The Story of a Noble Family (2003)
* Affair of Half a Lifetime (2003)
* To Live to Love (2006)
* Love at First Fight (2007)
* The Epic of a Woman (2009)
* Love in a Fallen City (2009)
* Entangling Love in Shanghai (2010)
* Too Late to Say I Love You (2010)
* Lady & Liar (2015)
* Legend of Fragrance (2015)
* Cruel Romance (2015)
* Destined to Love You (2015)
* Siege in Fog (2018)
* Arsenal Military Academy (2019)
* Love in a Fallen City (2019)

### Spy (谍战) / War (战争)

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* Drawing Sword (2005)
* Lurk (2009)
* Tian Xing Jian (2011)
* Jue Ze (2012)
* Arrows in a Bowstring (2013)
* Battle of Changsha (2014)
* Lost in 1949 (2014)
* The Disguiser (2015)
* Decoded (2016)
* Sparrow (2016)
* Rookie Agent Rouge (2016)
* Spy Hunter (2019)
* Autumn Cicada (2020)
* Thin Ice (2023)

### Suspense (悬疑)

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* Tientsin Mystic (2017)
* The Chronicles of Town Called Jian (2018)
* Please Give Me a Pair of Wings (2019)
* My Roommate Is a Detective (2020)
* Couple of Mirrors (2021)

## Ancient dramas (古装剧)

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### Historical

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#### Biographical / Documentary (传记)

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* Towards the Republic (2003)
* Qiao's Grand Courtyard (2006)
* The Legend of Bruce Lee (2008)
* Ren Bishi (2008)
* Taiwan 1895 (2008)
* Huo Yuanjia (2008)
* 1911 (2011)
* Ip Man (2013)
* Mao Zedong (2013)
* Deng Xiaoping at History's Crossroads (2014)
* My Uncle Zhou Enlai (2016)
* Marshal Peng Dehuai (2016)

#### Historical (历史)

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Involves retelling of historical events.

* Zhuge Liang (1985)
* Tang Ming Huang (1990)
* Romance of the Three Kingdoms (1994)
* Wu Zetian (1995)
* Han Liu Bang (1998)
* Shangguan Wan'er (1998)
* Records of Kangxi's Travel Incognito (1998)
* Yongzheng Dynasty (1999)
* Palace of Desire (2000)
* Sun Zi Bing Fa Yu San Shi Liu Ji (2000)
* The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (2000)
* Qin Shihuang (2001)
* Kangxi Dynasty (2001)
* Qianlong Dynasty (2002)
* Xiaozhuang Mishi (2003)
* The Affaire in the Swing Age (2003)
* The Story of Han Dynasty (2003)
* Lady Wu: The First Empress (2003)
* Huang Taizi Mishi (2004)
* Changping of the War (2004)
* Genghis Khan (2004)
* The Legend of Guan Gong (2004)
* Taizu Mishi (2005)
* The Emperor in Han Dynasty (2005)
* Chuanqi Huangdi Zhu Yuanzhang (2006)
* Wu Zi Bei Ge (2006)
* Founding Emperor of Ming Dynasty (2006)
* Initiating Prosperity (2006)
* The Great Dunhuang (2006)
* Princess Der Ling (2006)
* The Rebirth of a King (2006)
* The Rise of the Tang Empire (2006)
* Secret History of Kangxi (2006)
* The Great Revival (2007)
* Ming Dynasty (2007)
* Ming Dynasty in 1566 (2007)
* Carol of Zhenguan (2007)
* Dongfang Shuo (2008)
* The Qin Empire (2009)
* Zheng He Xia Xiyang (2009)
* Bing Sheng (2009)
* Three Kingdoms (2010)
* The Han Triumph (2010)
* Huang Yanpei (2010)
* The Legend of Yang Guifei (2010)
* A Weaver on the Horizon (2010)
* The Dream of Red Mansions (2010)
* Secret History of Empress Wu (2011)
* The Qin Empire II: Alliance (2012)
* Chu Han Zhengxiong (2012)
* Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties (2012)
* Su Dongpo (2012)
* King's War (2012)
* Love Amongst War (2012)
* Nos Annees Francaises (2012)
* Heroes in Sui and Tang Dynasties (2013)
* Women of the Tang Dynasty (2013)
* The Legend of Kublai Khan (2013)
* Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties (2014)
* Cao Cao (2014)
* The Great Emperor in Song Dynasty (2015)
* The Advisors Alliance (2017)
* The Qin Empire III (2017)
* Secret of the Three Kingdoms (2018)

### Costume

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#### Comedy (喜剧)

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* My Fair Princess (1998)
* Sunny Piggy (2000)
* Li Wei the Magistrate (2001)
* The Eloquent Ji Xiaolan (2002)
* Love Through Different Times (2002)
* My Fair Princess III (2003)
* Ma Dashuai (2004)
* Li Wei Resigns from Office (2005)
* The Lucky Stars (2005)
* The Legend of Crazy Monk (2010)
* Happy Mother-in-Law, Pretty Daughter-in-Law (2011)
* Unruly Qiao (2011)
* New My Fair Princess (2011)
* Go Princess Go (2015)
* My Amazing Bride (2015)
* Let's Shake It (2017)
* The Eternal Love (2017)
* Oh My General (2017)
* Mengfei Comes Across (2018)
* The Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty (2019)
* The Romance of Hua Rong (2019)
* The Romance of Tiger and Rose (2020)
* Oops The King Is In Love (2020)
* For Married Doctress (2020)
* New Life Begins (2022)

#### Gong'an (公案)

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* The Three Heroes and Five Gallants (1991)
* Amazing Detective Di Renjie (2004)
* Amazing Detective Di Renjie 2 (2006)
* Amazing Detective Di Renjie 3 (2008)
* Justice Bao (2008)
* Justice Bao (2010)
* Mad Detective Di Renjie (2010)
* Da Tang Nü Xun An (2011)
* Young Sherlock (2014)
* The Three Heroes and Five Gallants (2016)
* Maiden Holmes (2020)

#### Fantasy (玄幻)

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Involves fictional characters set in a fictional universe.

* Novoland: The Castle in the Sky (2016)
* Ice Fantasy (2016)
* A Life Time Love (2017)
* Lost Love in Times (2017)
* Tribes and Empires: Storm of Prophecy (2017)
* Legend of Fuyao (2018)
* The King of Blaze (2018)
* Ever Night (2018)
* L.O.R.D. Critical World (2019)
* Novoland: Eagle Flag (2019)

#### Historical fiction (古偶)

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Involves actual historical characters in a fictional narrative.

* The Prince of Han Dynasty (2001)
* Huo Yunjia (2001)
* Love Legend of the Tang Dynasty (2001)
* Jingwu Yingxiong Chen Zhen (2001)
* Jiangshan Weizhong (2002)
* The Young Wong Fei Hung (2002)
* Hero During Yongle Period (2003)
* High Flying Songs of Tang Dynasty (2003)
* Assassinator Jing Ke (2004)
* How Much Sorrow Do You Have (2005)
* The Prince of Qin, Li Shimin (2005)
* Da Qing Fengyun (2006)
* Da Tang Fu Rong Yuan (2007)
* The Shadow of Empress Wu (2007)
* Beauty's Rival in Palace (2010)
* The Myth (2010)
* Palace (2011)
* The Glamorous Imperial Concubine (2011)
* Beauty World (2011)
* Scarlet Heart (2011)
* Empresses in the Palace (2011)
* Secret History of Princess Taiping (2012)
* Palace II (2013)
* Palace 3: The Lost Daughter (2014)
* Sound of the Desert (2014)
* Love Yunge from the Desert (2015)
* Legend of Lu Zhen (2013)
* Prince of Lan Ling (2013)
* Hua Mulan (2013)
* The Patriot Yue Fei (2013)
* The Empress of China (2014)
* Legend of Ban Shu (2015)
* The Legend of Mi Yue (2015)
* Singing All Along (2016)
* Chronicle of Life (2016)
* The Imperial Doctress (2016)
* Princess Jieyou (2016)
* God of War, Zhao Yun (2016)
* The Princess Weiyoung (2016)
* The Glory of Tang Dynasty (2017)
* Legend of Dragon Pearl (2017)
* Rule the World (2017)
* Song of Phoenix (2017)
* Nothing Gold Can Stay (2017)
* Untouchable Lovers (2018)
* The Legend of Dugu (2018)
* Story of Yanxi Palace (2018)
* Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace (2018)
* The Legend of Haolan (2019)
* Queen Dugu (2019)
* Chong Er's Preach (2019)
* The Longest Day in Chang'an (2019)
* Empress of the Ming (2019)
* The Wolf (2020)
* Held in the Lonely Castle (2020)
* Ode to Daughter of Great Tang (2020)
* The Legend of Xiao Chuo (2020)
* The Song of Glory (2020)
* The Promise of Chang'an (2020)

Involves fictional characters in actual historical settings.

* The Grand Mansion Gate (2001)
* Jin Mao Xiang (2004)
* The Last Princess (2008)
* Ancestral Temple (2009)
* Dali Princess (2009)
* Perfect Couple (2014)
* Nirvana in Fire (2015)
* General and I (2017)
* Princess Agents (2017)
* The King's Woman (2017)
* Nirvana in Fire 2 (2017)
* Legend of Yunxi (2018)
* The Rise of Phoenixes (2018)
* The Story of Minglan (2018)
* Goodbye My Princess (2019)
* I Will Never Let You Go (2019)
* Princess Silver (2019)
* Legend of the Phoenix (2019)
* Joy of Life (2020)
* Fake Princess (2020)
* Happiness Over Two Lifetime (2020)
* Royal Nirvana (2020)
* In a Class of Her Own (2020)
* Love Is All (2020)
* Miss Truth (2020)
* Destined (2023)

#### Shenmo (神魔) / Shenhua (神話)

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* Ji Gong (1985)
* Journey to the West (1986)
* The Investiture of the Gods (1990)
* Journey to the West (1996)
* Journey to the West – Legends of the Monkey King (1999)
* Eternity: A Chinese Ghost Story (2003)
* Lotus Lantern (2005)
* The Fairies of Liaozhai (2007)
* Butterfly Lovers (2007)
* The Legend and the Hero (2007)
* The Legend and the Hero 2 (2009)
* Prelude of Lotus Lantern (2009)
* Ancient Legends (2010)
* Wu Cheng'en and Journey to the West (2010)
* Journey to the West (2010)
* Journey to the West (2011)
* Painted Skin (2011)
* The Holy Pearl (2011)
* Ma Zu (2012)
* The Legend of Chasing Fish (2013)
* The Investiture of the Gods (2014)
* Legend of Nine Tails Fox (2016)
* The Destiny of White Snake (2018)
* The Legend of White Snake (2019)
* The Gods (2019)
* Zhaoge (2020)

#### Wuxia (武侠)

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* Outlaws of the Marsh (1983)
* Dream of the Red Chamber (1987)
* The Book and the Sword (1994)
* The Water Margin (1998)
* Treasure Venture (2000)
* Legendary Fighter: Yang's Heroine (2001)
* Laughing in the Wind (2001)
* Book and Sword, Gratitude and Revenge (2002)
* Drunken Hero (2002)
* Ode to Gallantry (2002)
* Shaolin King of Martial Arts (2002)
* The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber (2003)
* Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils (2003)
* The Legend of the Condor Heroes (2003)
* Lian Cheng Jue (2004)
* Warriors of the Yang Clan (2004)
* The Dragon Heroes (2005)
* The Proud Twins (2005)
* The Royal Swordsmen (2005)
* Trail of the Everlasting Hero (2005)
* Lost City in Snow Heaven (2005)
* The Return of the Condor Heroes (2006)
* Eight Heroes (2006)
* Eight Charts (2006)
* Romance of Red Dust (2006)
* Seven Swordsmen (2006)
* The Young Warriors (2006)
* The Legend of Chu Liuxiang (2007)
* The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng (2007)
* Sword Stained with Royal Blood (2007)
* The Legend of the Condor Heroes (2008)
* The Book and the Sword (2008)
* Paladins in Troubled Times (2008)
* Rose Martial World (2008)
* Royal Tramp (2008)
* The Shaolin Warriors (2008)
* The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber (2009)
* The Vigilantes In Masks (2010)
* The Patriotic Knights (2010)
* Invincible Knights Errant (2011)
* Kong Que Ling (2011)
* Twin of Brothers (2011)
* All Men Are Brothers (2011)
* The Bride with White Hair (2012)
* The Legend of Chu Liuxiang (2012)
* Romance of the Western Chamber (2013)
* Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils (2013)
* Swordsman (2013)
* Sleek Rat, the Challenger (2013)
* The Deer and the Cauldron (2014)
* The Four (2015)
* Men with Sword (2016)
* The Legend of the Condor Heroes (2017)
* The Flame's Daughter (2018)
* Bloody Romance (2018)
* Heavenly Sword and Dragon Slaying Sabre (2019)
* Listening Snow Tower (2019)
* Under The Power (2019)
* Sword Dynasty (2019)
* New Dragon Gate Inn (2019)
* Legend of Awakening (2020)
* And The Winner Is Love (2020)
* Mei Ren Mu Bai Shou (2020)
* Handsome Siblings (2020)
* Twisted Fate of Love (2020)

#### Xianxia (仙侠)

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* Chinese Paladin (2005)
* Chinese Paladin 3 (2009)
* Xuan-Yuan Sword: Scar of Sky (2012)
* Swords of Legends (2014)
* Legend of Zu Mountain (2015)
* The Journey of Flower (2015)
* Chinese Paladin 5 (2016)
* Noble Aspirations (2016)
* Eternal Love (2017)
* Fighter of the Destiny (2017)
* Xuan-Yuan Sword: Han Cloud (2017)
* Ashes of Love (2018)
* Martial Universe (2018)
* Battle Through the Heavens (2018)
* The Legends (2019)
* The Untamed (2019)
* Love and Destiny (2019)
* Eternal Love of Dream  (2020)
* Love and Redemption (2020)
* Immortal Samsara (2022)
* Love You Seven Times (2023)
* The Longest Promise (2023)
* The Starry Love (2023)
* Till The End Of The Moon (2023)

## See also

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* List of Chinese animated series

## References

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