Famous people from China
The most-searched people from China right now, with the latest news on each.
Donnie Yen
Hong Kong actor, film director and martial artist (born 1963)
1.6× usual views
Xi Jinping
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since 2012 (born 1953)
6.25K daily views
Yao Ming
Chinese basketball player (born 1980)
1.97K daily views
Hu Jintao
former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
2.14K daily views
Jack Ma
Chinese businessman
1.41K daily views
Stephen Chow
Hong Kong actor, comedian and filmmaker (born 1962)
Zhang Ziyi
Chinese actress and model
958 daily views
Chloé Zhao
Chinese filmmaker (born 1982)
Chow Yun-fat
Hong Kong actor
Wang Xinyu
Wang Xinyu is a Chinese professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 30 on 23 February 2026, and a best doubles ranking of world No. 16 on 20 May 2024. Partnering with Hsieh Su-wei, she won the women's doubles title at the 2023 French Open. Wang also won a silver medal in mixed doubles, alongside Zhang Zhizhen at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Gong Li
Chinese-Singaporean actress
Fan Bingbing
Chinese actress
Li Na
Chinese tennis player
Jackson Wang
Chinese rapper and singer (born 1994)
Faye Wong
Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actress
Sammo Hung
Hong Kong actor, choreographer, martial artist and filmmaker (born 1952)
Li Bingbing
Chinese actress
Liu Cixin
Chinese science fiction writer
Bai Ling
Chinese-American actress
Bu Yunchaokete
Buyunchaokete, known professionally as Bu Yunchaokete, is a Chinese professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 64, achieved on 14 April 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 274, achieved on 23 October 2023. He is currently the No. 1 player from China.
Bo Xilai
former Politburo member of the Chinese Communist Party
Ding Liren
Chinese grandmaster and former World Chess Champion
Tang Wei
Chinese actress (born 1979)
Peng Shuai
Chinese female tennis player (1986-)