Central Academy of Drama

The Central Academy of Drama (中央戏剧学院) (or Central Drama Academy; Central Drama College) is a drama school in China. It was founded in April 1950, and the name was written by Mao Zedong. It inherited the drama department of Lu Xun Art Academy in Yan'an, art school of North China University and National Drama College in Nanjing. Its abbreviation is "Zhong Xi", literally, "Central Drama". It's located on 39 East Mianhua Lane, Dongcheng District of Beijing. Numerous actors, actresses and directors graduated from the Academy. It is widely regarded as one of three most prestigious drama schools in China. The other two are Beijing Film Academy and Shanghai Theater Academy.

Famous alumni

(Class means the year of enrollment.)

*Class 74: Chen Baoguo, Zhao Kui'e
*Class 77: Bao Guo'an (director)
*Class 78: Li Baotian (director)
*Class 79: Chen Daoming
*Class 80: Jiang Wen, Lu Liping
*Class 85: Gong Li, Zhao Liang, Jia Hongsheng, Wu Yujuan, Shi Ke
*Class 86: Zhang Yibai (director)
*Class 87: Hu Jun, Xu Fan, He Bing, Chen Xiaoyi, Jiang Shan, Gong Lijun, Wang Ban, Li Hongtao, Han Qing, Sun Xing, Liu Hongmei, Wang Tao, He Yu, Zhou Xiaopeng, Wang Ning, Liu Xin, Xu Wei, Zhu Jie
*Class 88: Guo Tao, Zhang Yang (director), Meng Jinghui (director)
*Class 89: Tao Hong
*Class 90: Chen Jianbing, Li Yapeng, Wang Xuebin, Cao Weiyu
*Class 92: Huang Haibing, Lu Fang
*Class 93: Zhu Yuanyuan
*Class 94: Tao Hong, Gao Hu, Gong Peixing, Duan Yihong, Qu Xiaoxing, Yin Xiaotian, Tu Songyan, Zhao Rui, Gao Chang, Qi Zhi, Ji Chenmu, Chang Yuhong, Jin Zhigang, Li Tingting, Li Xinling, Han Ying, Qu Shuang, Shang Nan, Fan Fang, Jiang Jianhui, Chen Kaijing, Zhang Shu, Zhang Xiaoyan, Wang Ning, Pan Yu
*Class 95: Xia Yu, Wu Jun, Sun Honglei (musical), Fang Bing, Lu Ying
*Class 96: Zhang Ziyi, Liu Ye, Qin Hailu, Hu Jing, Mei Ting, Yuan Quan, Zeng Li
*Class 97: Chen Hao, Jia Yiping, Wu Yue (sports), Zhang Jingchu (director), Fu Jing, Li Zonghan
*Class 98: Deng Chao
*Class 99: Li Guangjie, Sun Ning
*Class 00: Zhou Yun, Tang Wei (director)
*Class 01: Chen Shu
*Class 02: Li Jinzhe, Wen Zhang, Tang Yan, Tong Yao, Wang Jing, Shen Jiani, Zhu Yuchen, and Cao Xiwen.
*Class 04: Hsu Shu-chi (director)
*Class ??: Huo Xin (screenwriter)

External links

* [http://218.249.21.170/ Central Academy of Drama official site In Chinese]