Li Xuejian

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Summary

Li Xuejian is a veteran Chinese actor known for playing Song Dacheng in the television drama Desire and historical and public figures including Jiao Yulu and Yang Shanzhou. His roles often portray ordinary people and Communist Party figures, and he has described telling their stories as part of his responsibility as an actor. A Chinese Communist Party member and former head of the China Film Association, he has publicly framed acting as service to the people, the state, and Chinese culture. No public statements on identity politics, DEI, or gender, race, or LGBTQ activism are on record.