Scripted series · CCTV-8
Born to Be Alive
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Yang Zi
Bai Ju
40 eps
Hu Ge
Duo Jie
40 eps
Li Guangjie
Lin Peisheng
40 eps
Zhang Zhehua
Shao Yunfei
40 eps
Jinpa
Taso
40 eps
Feng Bing
Han Xuechao
40 eps
Gengdan
Xampa
40 eps
Su Xin
He Qingyuan
40 eps
Song Chuyan
Feng Keqing
40 eps
Zhou Fang
Bai Shao
40 eps
Sonam Wangmo
Tsering
40 eps
Zhou Siyu
Bai Ji
40 eps
Mei Ting
Zhang Qinqin
32 eps
Tseten Tashi
Dong Zhiba
2 eps
Ma Bo
Guo Shun
2 eps
Jing Hao
Shi Long
12 eps
Li Qian
Zhu Li
10 eps
Hong Bi
Chairman Ding
2 eps
Wangjun Hui
1 eps
Jiao Peng
Ma Yizhong
3 eps
Yang Shuo
Li Yongqiang
3 eps
Shao Laowu
1 eps
Karma
Zhang Yang
8 eps
Zhao Chuan
Lin Jianshe
4 eps
Zhou You
Bai Chun
18 eps
Liu Mintao
Zhao Zhijin
2 eps
Yue Yang
Director Huang
5 eps
Yuan Hong
Meng Yaohui
15 eps
Liu Tianchi
Mayor Wang
2 eps
Duo Duo Xu
Shao Zhuling
7 eps
Zhu Mengyao
Xia Jie
1 eps
Neno
1 eps
Li Ping
Meng’s Mother
4 eps
Zhang Tianshu
Huo Xiaoyue
1 eps
Zhang Yitong
Shao Zhuling (Adult)
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Born to Be Alive actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Born to Be Alive reads strongest on Character Depth, Emotional Weight and Serialized.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
In 1990s Qinghai’s Maji County, rampant poaching plunged the region into poverty. Deputy County Head Dorje’s mountain patrol team shifted from mineral exploration to protecting antelopes. Bai Ju, a fearless female officer raised by a Tibetan doctor, grew into a leader fighting for a nature reserve with her comrades and journalist lover, only to face Dorje’s mysterious disappearance. Decades later, as coal mining threatens the eco-balance again, Bai Ju reunites with allies to solve the cold case and uphold the legacy of safeguarding the Tibetan Plateau’s untouched beauty.
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Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Zhao ZiyuProducer
- Wang XiaohuiExecutive Producer
- Hou HongliangProducer
- Yang BeiProducer
Writing
- Liu XiaoxiWriter
- Huang KaiwenWriter
- Wang SanmaoWriter
- Mantang GaoWriter
- Zhao ShuoWriter
- Wang LeiWriter
Direction
- Li XueDirector
Cinematography
- Duan ChunyuDirector of Photography
Music
- Duan LianOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
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