Gone are the days when it was only about being able to watch English, Hindi, or Regional content. Today the boundaries have narrowed in terms of what people have access to within their homes.
A person sitting in India can today watch Chinese content and someone in the US might be able to watch Indian content and so on.
Ever since the internet and modernization of the content industry came into existence there has never been a shortage of content.
Considering today all language content is available for anyone and everyone it is only fair that we pick out one language that has been consistently delivering some top content.
That's right, China has been having the web series industry for quite a while now and it's only fair that we gave it the due credit and that's why we have taken it upon ourselves to share the top Chinese web shows to make your transition into Chinese content a lovely experience.
From here on you get to witness the best of the best Chinese web shows that need to be a part of your watch list like right now
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Best Chinese Drama List
1. Rong Hong
Directed by Haiming Bao the show stars Agnes Albright, Selena Aniekieva, Steve Boergadine, and Nathaniel Boyd amongst others.
The show was released back in April 2013 and is available to stream in the Mandarin language.
The show has 45-minute long episodes and it belongs to the Drama genre.
The series ram on tv for one year and during its run the show gathered a strong 9.7 rating on IMDb.
Along with drama the show also has elements of History and Biography to its credits. The show was shot in Zhuhai in China and needs to be on your watch list because of the strong ratings that the viewers have given it.
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2. Hero Dog 2
A show from 2016 July, this show was directed by XiaoChao Yuan and the cast includes Yichen Liu, Irina Kaptelova, Yao Tong, and Larisa Bakurova in the main roles.
The show belongs to the family genre which means people of all age groups could sit down together and enjoy this one.
The show is 42 episodes long and is available in the Mandarin language.
The story of the web series sees a dog play the cupid for an unlikely couple and the trio of the couple paired With the dog goes about saving people from the troubles that are about to befall them.
The film was shot in Hainan and 5 different labradors were used for shooting the part of the hero dog.
This C drama also has a huge 9.7 rating on IMDb which goes on to show the love and acceptance that it has received from previous viewers and that is why it should be on your watchlist as well.
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3. One boat one world
Likun Wang, Hans Zhang, Yamei Zhang, and Lawrence Wong along with a whole host of actors from the cast of the show as are directed by Chen Kunhui in this series.
The show is 43 episodes long and has a high rating of 9.6 on IMDb. The show is a comedy-drama and aired in 2021.
The show was filmed in Shanghai, China, and is available to stream in Chinese, English, and French.
The story of the show is about life on a cruise where the show follows the life of the staff and passengers.
The security officer and tour leader of the cruise fall in love and navigate through their love story while dealing with their workmates, guests, and relatives.
The show is set to return for the second season and the episodes of the show are 45 minutes long.
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4. Xia Gaung
Rated highly this show has gotten a strong 9.5 IMDb rating and that is no mean feat.
The show came out in October of 2019 and was developed in the Mandarin language.
The show is also known by the name 'Gao Daxia de huo hong nian dai'.
The show is 21 episodes in length and has only 1 season which makes it a quick streaming option as well.
The show belongs to the drama genre and that should be a good reason to bring in a lot of new viewers.
Liya Tong, Hao Chen, Jiali Ding, and Irina Kaptelova make up the main cast of the show and have been directed by Weining Mao.
The show is set in a wartime story which sees the lead characters end up together on the same side even though both of them have a very different mindset.
Their differences stay but love starts to brew as they fight side by side and win the war and each other's hearts.
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5. Special Forces behind the enemy lines
Also known by the name 'Te Zhong Bing Zhi Shen Ru Di Hou' this series has 45-minute long episodes and came out in 2018.
The show is 44 episodes long and belongs to the action drama genre category.
The show has been directed by Qiao Tan and the series is available to stream in the Chinese language.
The show is set against a war backdrop set up where a specialist team comprising of China men goes on to search for a missing American pilot after his aircraft ends up coming in harm's way.
The show is set on the China-Burma border in 1942.
The show has a strong 9.4 rating on IMDb and the cast list includes Matthew Del Bel Belluz, Antonio Anuk, Lu Gan, and Robert Gilabert Cuenca amongst others as the main leads.
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6. The Doctors
Dongyu Fu directed this show back in 2010. The show is 33 episodes long and has just 1 season which makes it suitable for a quick binge.
The show belongs to the drama genre and stars Wei Bai, Jin Chen, Xibei Chen, and Haolun Guo among many others.
The episodes of the show are 45 minutes long each. The show is available in the Mandarin language and was shot in Chongqing.
The show focuses on the story of Wu MingXun's character who is the vice president of a hospital and is all set to become the president.
Some unprecedented instances occur and challenge his reputation and the doctors as well and to change things he brings in a specialist from America who as opposed to playing in his hands goes ahead and makes a new mess.
The show also has won a lot of awards making its case stronger for being viewed.
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7. Who’s Not Rebellious Youth
Irina Kaptelova, Dawei Liang, Xiaotong Mao, and Qi Yin take up the lead cast of this series with a lot of other actors playing supporting casts.
This show belongs to the comedy genre and has been directed by Jiao Yong Liang.
The show was shot in Suzhou, China, and came out in 2019.
The show is available to stream in the Chinese language and its episodes are 45 minutes long each.
The story is about two brothers raised by different grandmothers which leads them on a path to becoming a student and a suited officers respectively.
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8. Fu Gui
This family drama show came out back in 2005 and ran for 1 season where it totalled 33 episodes.
This C drama episode are 45 minutes long and the show is also known as 'Huo Zhe' and 'To Live'.
Chuang Chen, Ding Li, and Mintao Liu form the main part of the cast list joined by many others in supporting roles.
Jin Yuan and Zheng Zhu are credited with directing the show. The show is available to stream in the Chinese language.
The show revolves around the life of a Chinese couple who live in the late 40s which is a period known for the Chinese civil war and cultural revolution.
The show aims at showing the struggle of the Chinese people in such troubling times
And shows the government's new approach where they control all the aspects of the nation. The show boasts of a strong 9.4 IMDb rating and that speaks volumes about its quality.
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9. My Natasha
Directed by Jingyu Guo the show stars Yawen Zhu, Irina Kaptelova, Yi Man, and Andrey Lazarev in pivotal roles.
The show has a 9.3 rating on IMDb and has 1 award to its credit. The show is a drama love story and came out in 2012.
Also known as 'Моя Наташа' the show is available to stream in Mandarin, Russian, and Japanese.
The show has 40 episodes of 40 minutes each. The story of the show is set in 1941 against the backdrop of a war.
Natasha after whom the show is named falls in love with Pang Tiande who led the Chinese troops earlier.
After New China is founded both of them decided to settle down and take up different career paths and prepare to marry which is when they are forced to separate.
An emotional Natasha waits in USSR close to the border in hopes of Pang's arrival. If love stories are your thing then this just might be the right series for you.
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10. Ms. Cupid In Love
Yuchen Chao, Xiwei Tian, and Yuliang Xiao star in this show directed by Feng Cheng.
The show belongs to the fantasy, romance, and history genres and has a strong rating of 9.2 on IMDb.
The show came out as recently as February 2022 and is available in the Chinese language.
As of now the show has 24 episodes and is rated 13+. The show has subtitles available in as many as 11 languages.
The series follows the life of a 10,000 year immortal who is banished to Earth because he fails at his task of looking after marriages on Earth.
While on Earth he ends up meeting a girl who heads a successful matchmaking business. Many critics consider Ms. cupid love as a best romantic chinese drama.
Since they both share the same interest and tasks they join hands and go about making marriages work for people and all through this they also start falling for each other but will they end up together?
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11. Fall in Love
Boasting a 9.2 IMDb rating the show has been directed by Jianlong Lin.
The show has in its ranks Yi Dai, Xingxu Chen, Jingyi Zhang, and Evan Lin among others.
The show is also known by the name 'Yi jian qing xin' and is available to stream in the Chinese language.
The show is credited with drama, history, and romantic genre content. The show came out just last November in 2021.
The story of the show is set in 1926 and focuses on the story of Mu Wan Qing who has just returned to China.
Along the way, she gets herself a couple of friends and together they all go on a wild journey as they struggle to be alive and understand the importance of saving one's nation.
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12. Heroes in Harm's Way
A 9.1-star rating on IMDb is surely not achievable for every other show and that is why this show makes its way on this list.
Aired in 2020 this drama series revolves around the Covid situation. The show did a fantastic job in entertaining the viewers and that rightly got it two awards as well.
Shu Chen, Cecilia Han, Yixiao Li, and Tianyu Ma make up the cast list among many other supporting casts.
Directed by Zhang Meng, Ju Xing Mao, and Zou Xi the series is 14 episodes long with each episode being 45 minutes long.
The show is set in Wuhan where the Covid 19 broke out and shows ordinary people's fight with Corona as the pandemic threatens to take away everything good.
The show is available to stream in the Chinese language.
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13. My Adorable Husband
Originally known as 'Wo De Chun Meng Lao Gong' this show has been directed by Ou Yang Fen Qiang and stars Qing Kang, Jeremy Xu Zheng Xi, and Yang Yang.
The show belongs to the drama genre and came out in 2016. The show is available in the Mandarin language.
Each episode of the show is 45 minutes long and it also has English subtitles.
The show is 25 episodes long and the story is about a couple who against the wishes of their parents get married very quickly after being introduced to each other.
However, the two get divorced and all of it is made harder because of a new guy's entry.
Now the heroine needs to choose her hero, who does she go for? Her ex-husband who does not want to lose her or the new guy?Watch this series for the content it has to offer and stay for the heart striking storyline.
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14. All About Secrets
This drama and romance series boasts a very high 9.2-star rating on IMDb.
Zheyuan Chen, Landi Li, Zhihui Yu, and Jianyu Liu make up the main star cast list.
Yi-chi Lien has been credited with directing the show that came out back in 2017.
The show is available to stream in Mandarin language and the episodes are 40 minutes long.
The 24-episode-long series centres around Duan Bo Wen a student who is a Basketball player.
His personal life is a mess because of his father and step-mother's fights and which affect him deeply and his two friends help him deal with his problems.
However, a new teacher joins the school and Duan falls for her and which creates trouble for him and his friends as they look to make it to college.
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15. Stairway to Stardom
Originally known as 'Ni xi zhi xing tu cui can', the show has been directed by Leon Yang.
The show's star cast boasts names like Cecilia Han, Bing Hu, Tingting Huang, and Puttichai Kasetsin among many others.
Shot in Shanghai the series is available in Chinese. The show came out in 2017 and has 50 episodes.
The series has 1 season and it has gotten a 9.1-star rating on IMDb. The romantic show has 45-minute-long episodes and follows the life of Su Cheng.
After she loses her job she joins Star Entertainment where a bright future awaits her.
Here she starts to become an actress that the whole industry is behind, however, with success comes enemies and that is what happens.
As she navigates through her newfound success and problematic life the audience goes on her journey with her and it's worth a watch.
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16. Secrets of the Three Kingdoms
Stacked with 3 awards and a nomination this series is 53 episodes long.
Released back in 2018 the show has an 8.5-star rating on IMDb.
The show belongs to the historical drama genre and is available in the Mandarin language for streaming.
Regina Wan, Tianyu Ma, Xuan Dong, and Dongjun Han make up the lead cast and they have been directed by Patrick Yau.
Based on the novel San Guo Ji Mi the Chinese series is about two twins separated as kids.
While one brother grows up to be an emperor the other is raised as a commoner and the two unite again in adulthood.
The emperor's brother faces losing the throne and is under attack, will their reunion with his brother be enough to help them save his dynasty? Watch this show for its story and its award-winning performances.
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17. The King’s Woman
A 48-episode-long series that has action, history, and romance is surely going to be worth a watch.
The show was released in 2017 and ended up getting one nomination for an award.
Dilraba Dilmurat, Vin Zhang, Chang Liu, and Tae Lee among others make up the cast of the show.
Xin Liu helped the show as the director. The show is available to stream in the Mandarin language and has a strong 7.5 star IMDb rating to boast.
Classic case of a love triangle this show is nothing like anything that you have seen before. The story revolves around Gong Sun Li who holds a position of importance.
She is in love with the disciple of her grandfather and both of them are living happily when their kingdom is attacked and it changes their lives forever.
Forced to marry her captor Li slowly starts to see the better side of her captor and starts to fall for her and it now lies on her to choose sides as her former lover comes to assassinate her current lover.
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18. The Endless Love
This 32 episodes long series has 45-minute-long episodes and came out in 2017.
Mad win Chinese the show has been directed by Gu Yun Yun and the show is also called 'The Journey from Tonight is White, You coloured my world'.
An Yue Xi, Chen Ruo Xuan, Wei Zhe Ming, and Luo Yu Tong are some of the cast members of the show.
On the internet, the show has gotten some great reviews and ratings to show for itself.
This youthful romance-packed series follows the life of a talented painter and a bright young girl.
Gu Ye Bai is an artist who losses colour from his world and is about to hamper his performance in a competition and that's when Lu You Yan walks into her life and helps him out.
As they start to fall in love they are faced with yet another trouble that may break them apart.
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19. Lost in 1949
Originally titled 'Tuo Shen' the show came out in 2018 and has 46-minute long episodes with the same number of episodes to go with it.
The show has an 8.1-star rating on IMDb in addition to 4 awards and 2 nominations.
Kun Chen, Winston Chao, Fan Liao, and Regina Wan grace your screens and have been directed by Ke Lin.
The show was made in the Chinese language and belongs to multiple genres like action, war, drama, history, romance, and thriller.
The show is about a woman who returns to her hometown Shanghai on New Year's Eve 1949.
She is tasked with gaining insight into the oppressors of the Communist party for their goal of liberation.
There she meets her family and her younger twin who price to be pivotal to her task. The show takes the viewers on an emotion-packed journey and you surely don't want to miss something like this.
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20. Legend Of Fuyao
This chinese web series has 66 episodes in the bag, the show came out in 2018 with 45-minute long episodes.
The show got a good rating of 7.6 on IMDb and to back it up the show also has won 7 awards and 3 nominations.
Only 1 season long the show has in its ranks Mi Yang, Ethan Juan, Kei Gambit, Leon Lai Yi, and many more who were directed by Cai Li, Ze Xie, and Wenjun Yang.
The show belongs to the action, adventure, fantasy, and romance genres and is available in the Mandarin language.
The show is about Meng Fuyao a girl born of divine rose petals.
She wants to get entry to sacred land and for that needs to perform certain tasks along the way.
While on her journey she happens to fall for a Crown Prince.Now the duty to restore peace to the world and stop dangerous conspiracy straight from heaven kids upon the shoulders of these two but will they be able to do it?
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21. Here to Heart
7.5 star on IMDb, 4 awards and 1 nomination talk a lot about this Mandarin language show directed by Tien-Jen Huang and Tsz Ming Wong.
The 10 episodic shows came out in 2018 and starred Hans Zhang, Janine Chun-Ning Chang, Chao Jing, Zhou Qi Qi, and many more actors.
The series is a dramatic romance story. The show is about a girl who quits her job to move to China and for a company there.
The company happens to belong to a former lover and it reignites some old memories.
The girl is now burdened with making sure that she makes a place for herself in the company and the heart of her former lover but will she succeed?
If you love romance and drama then this show is handcrafted for you.
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22. Bloody Romance
Bloody Romance is chinese drama romance With 2 nominations and an 8-star rating on IMDb this show surely belongs on your watch list.
The 1 season-long series came out in 2018 and is 36 episodes long.
Directed by Jun Yi the show stars Hsueh-Fu Kuo, Duo Wang, Chuxiao Qu, and Yitong Li.
Available to stream in Chinese the show belongs to the action, romance, and fantasy genres.
The episodes of the show are 45 minutes long each. Based on a novel the series follows the life of Qi Xue a girl sold to a brothel by her father at a young age.
Once she is out of there she becomes a deadly assassin capable of taking down any enemy.
However, a mysterious man comes into the picture and starts to shadow Qi. Qi falls into a problem that seems to be inescapable and it is now in the hands of this mysterious man to try and save Qi.
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23. A love so beautiful
With 5 awards, 1 nomination, and an 8 star IMDb rating in the bag this show should be next on your watchlist.
This rom-com show that is available to stream in the Chinese language came out in 2017.
The show is 24 episodes long and has 45-minute long episodes.
Directed by Long Yang the show stars Yitian Hu, Shen Yue, Yaodong Zhao, and Wang Zi Wei among others.
The show focuses on young love where two neighbours who also happen to be high school lovers are faced with challenges throughout the span of their relationship.
Will the couple survive through the hell that is high school or will they face a fate that makes the audiences end up in tears?
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24. Love till the End of summer
48, 45-minute long episodes with a 6.9 IMDb rating, doesn't it just seem to be good enough?
Released in 2017 the show has received 2 awards and 1 nomination.
Cheney Chen, Shuang Zheng, Jingting Bai, and Biyun Chai pair up with a whole body of actors in this Yang Han directorial.
The romantic genre show is available to stream in the Mandarin language.
Also known as 'Rush to the Dead Summer' the show is about a trio of friends spanning over 10 years.
The friendship blooms till the trio are together but as they grow they all go their separate ways And the future isn't very kind as the friendship starts to fade but the memories stay. The summer of adulthood is different from the summer of adolescence
And whether they reconcile or move on needs to be seen in this lovely series based on friendship and growth.
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25. The Rise of Phoenixes
This show from 2018 is 70 episodes long with each episode being 45 minutes in duration.
The 8.4 IMDb-rated show has 8 awards and 10 nominations to go with it.
The romantic historical drama is available for streaming in the Mandarin language.
Kun Chen, Hong Yuan, Ni Ni, Ou Wang, and many others star in this show and are directed by Haibo Liu and Yan Shen.
The story revolves around a daughter considered to be the family's black sheep.
After leaving her house she becomes employed by an Emperor and soon they start to fall for each other.
As the emperor looks to exact revenge on those that have troubled his beloved the couple is put under the test by everything around them and whether or not they emerge out of it together remains to be seen in this wonderful show.
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Conclusion
Chinese content has time and again shown the world that they have what it takes to impress the audience and bring in the crowd.
In this globalized world content from all parts of the world is accessible in almost all corners of the world and that has been instrumental in pushing Chinese shows to the farthest corners and has gotten them some serious fan-following.
With this hand-crafted list, people should be able to watch the best Chinese shows that have been made and it will help them fall in love with content from a new language.
With a list of 25 new shows to add to your bucket list, we think we have got you covered for the next 6 months or so.
Frequently asked Questions
Q1. Which C drama is the best?
The list is filled with romantic, drama-filled, humourous, serious, etc. genres of Chinese shows and it all boils down to the viewer as to what content they prefer more.
Some might opt to go for comedy while others may prefer a thriller and so person to person the pick of best show nay be different and hence no one show can be given the spotlight.
Q2. Which is the most romantic drama in Chinese?
There are a lot of romantic dramas in Chinese and this list itself has more than one name on it.
However, giving a specific show the title of most romantic does not seem fair as that is something that the audiences will have to decide for themselves as each show may bring in different kinds of viewers who have different preferences.
Q3. What is the most popular C drama now 2022?
There is no one particular show as such that can claim that spot. Every show has its fans and niches and word of mouth can play a big part in convincing others to watch a show.
Web series gained a lot of viewers during the pandemic and have been doing well since then and since people have gotten into shows recently there is a good chance multiple shows are being streamed by millions of people simultaneously and that makes a lot of shows very popular.
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