Chen Xuexi

Biography

Chen Xuexi is a prominent Chinese opera artist, born in 1959 in Chaoyang, Guangdong. He studied Chao opera performance at the Shantou Opera School. He gained recognition for starring in color opera films, including "Zhang Chunlang" in 1984 and "The Smoking Girl and the Top Scholar" in 1995. In 2001, he won the 18th China Drama Plum Blossom Award for his performance in the Chao opera "Gourd Temple." He served as Party Secretary and Director of the Guangdong Chao Opera Theatre from 1999 to 2004. Since 2004, he has been Party Secretary and Executive Vice President of the Guangdong Vocational Academy of Arts. He was also a deputy to the 9th and 10th National People's Congress.