Xu Ying 

National first-class playwright of China Opera and Dance Theater. From 1996 to 1998, he went to the United States as a visiting scholar and served as a visiting professor at the University of Los Angeles. His drama works have been performed in theaters and international art festivals in the United States, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Greece, New Zealand, Japan and other countries, as well as in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Macao and other regions of China, and many operas and dramas have been translated Performed in English, German, Japanese, French, Italian, Korean and other languages.

Major drama works include: opera Hu Jia Eighteen Beats (composed by the famous Chinese-American composer Lin Pinjing), Tea (co-written with Tan Dun, composed by Tan Dun), Poet Li Bai (co-written with Liao Duanli, composed by Guo Wenjing) , Camel Xiangzi (composed by Guo Wenjing); modern drama Bakai (adapted from ancient Greek tragedy), modern drama Ah Q, modern dance drama Empty Tradition / City of The Peonies (with Chinese American modern dance choreographer Yin Meihe), Beijing opera Soldier Sun Wu, Prime Minister Liu Luoguo, Three Levels in a Row, flower drum opera Legend of the Executioner, The True Story of Master, song and dance drama Along the River at Qingming Festival, Hui opera Cai Wenji, dramas Assassin, Men Kee, Lobbyist, Revolution, Amnesty, musical theater Flute Rhyme and Tian Lai (as screenwriter and director). His works have won Cao Yu Drama Literature Award, Tian Han Award, Hunan Province The 15th “Five One Project” Award and other awards.