Yang Zhengguang

Yang Zhengguang was born in Qian County, Shaanxi, in 1957. After graduating from Shandong University in 1982 with a degree in Chinese literature, he moved to the city of Tianjin to be part of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference,an advisory body promoting multi-party cooperation. Four years later, he moved to a small village in northern Shaanxi to write poetry.

He then became a successful scriptwriter, most notably adapting the classic Chinese epic The Outlaws of the Marsh to great acclaim. Yang also founded and served as CEO of the Chang’an Film & Television Production Company, and became chairman of the Shenzhen Association of Literature and Art.