''Crime Crackdown'' () is a 2021 Chinese

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series written by Du Liang and directed by Wu Bai, and starring

Sun Honglei Sun Honglei (; born 16 August 1970) is a Chinese actor. Early life Sun was born in Harbin, Heilongjiang, on 16 August 1970. Sun developed an interest in acting and performances at a young age. He often skipped school to learn breakdancing on the ...

Lay Zhang Zhang Yixing (; born ), known professionally as Lay Zhang or simply Lay (), is a Chinese rapper, singer, songwriter, dancer, actor and businessman. Zhang first gained recognition for participating in the Chinese television talent show ''Star A ...

and Liu Yijun. Based on several real-life cases that shook China in the 2010s, the series picks up a national anti-gang supervising group and local police officers as they take on gangs and the corrupt officials that offer these illegal groups a "protective umbrella". The series premiered on

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on 9 August 2021.

Cast

Main

as Li Chengyang (), former criminal police, the current executive vice president (later acting president) and legal adviser of Xinshuai Group. *

as Lin Hao (), criminal police. * Liu Yijun as He Yong (), criminal police and leader of the 915 Task Force.

Supporting

* Wu Yue as He Yun (), executive deputy director of lüteng Municipal Public Security Bureau and director of its Anti-Gang Office, mother of Sun Xing(spoil alert). *

Jiang Shuying Jiang Shuying (, born 1 September 1986), also known as Maggie Jiang, is a Chinese actress. She was educated at Shanghai Theatre Academy and the University of East Anglia (MSc Media Economics, 2011). Career Jiang rose to fame for her role in the ...

as Huang Xi (), a reporter, niece of He Yun. *Wang Zhifei as Gao Mingyuan (), chairman of Changteng Capital. *Liu Zhibing as Luo Shanhe (), leader of the 36th Steering Group of the Central Anti-Triad and Evil Forces. *Wu Xiaoliang as Sun Xing (birth name Gao He) (), boss of a naked loan company, son of Gao Mingyuan and He Yun. *Ning Li as Ma Shuai (), chairman of Xinshuai Group. *Che Xiao as Li Lijuan (), a director of Xinshuai Group, wife of Ma Shuai. *Su Ke as Da Jiang (), a gang member, best buddy of Li Chengyang. *Tan Kai as Dong Yao (), governor of Shimen District in lüteng. *Hou Changrong as Zhao Ligen (), executive deputy secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of Zhongjiang Province and director of the Provincial Anti-Gang Office. *Sun Hao as Hu Xiaowei (), local police station director. *Zhou Xiao'ou as Chen Jianbo (), boss of Jian'an Civil Explosion Company. *Wang Jundi as Zheng Yihong (), president of Hezhong Media Company, adopted daughter of Gao Mingyuan. *Zhou Zhi as Yu Jingjing () *Zhao Xiaorui as Cao Peng (), communist party secretary of Yihe village. *Zheng Xiaoning as Wang Zheng (), executive vice governor of Zhongjiang Province. *Jiang Ruijia as Mai Jia (), mistress of Gao Mingyuan. *Jiang Han as Cao Xiaofeng (), son of Cao Peng. *Guo Qiucheng as Xie Zhonglin (), mayor of lüteng.

Soundtrack

Production

In May 2019, Huang Xing () and Li Yue () had joined the project as general producers. They received support from the

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, which gave them access to case files. The series took inspiration from Sun Xiaoguo's case in

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, Huang Hongfa's case () in

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, and Du Shaoping's case () and Wen Liehong's case () in

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Reception

''Crime Crackdown'' earned a 7.3/10 on Chinese media review platform

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from more than 277,000 reviews and nearly 2.70 billion views on Chinese streaming platform

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References

External links

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