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.

Action (动作) / Adventure (探险)

 * 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)

 * 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)

 * 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)
 * Reset (2022)
 * Imperfect Victim (2023)
 * The Knockout (2023)

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

 * 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)
 * Meet Yourself (2023)
 * To the Wonder (2024)

Fantasy (玄幻) / Science fiction (科幻)

 * 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)

Romance (言情)

 * 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)

Sports (运动)

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

Youth (青春）

 * 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)

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

Drama (戏剧)

 * 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)

 * Wu Xin: The Monster Killer (2015)
 * Guardian (2018)
 * The Eight (2020)
 * Love and Redemption 

Romance (言情)

 * 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)

 * 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)

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

Biographical / Documentary (传记)

 * 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)
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)

Comedy (喜剧)

 * 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)

Gong'an (公案)

 * 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)
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)
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)

Shenmo (神魔) / Shenhua (神話)

 * 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)

 * 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)

 * 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)