Hai Qing (Chinese: 海清; pinyin: Hǎi Qīng; born 12 January 1978) is a Chinese actress who has appeared in such films as Sacrifice (2010), Finding Mr. Right (2013), Operation Red Sea (2018), and Return to Dust (2022).^[1] For her role in the 2009–10 television series A Beautiful Daughter-in-law Era, she was nominated for numerous TV awards, including a Flying Apsaras Award for Best Actress and a Golden Eagle Award for Best Actress, which she both won. Hai ranked 36th on the Forbes China Celebrity 100 list in 2013,^[2] 46th in 2014,^[3] and 57th in 2015.^[4] In 2015, she became the first UN Women National Ambassador for China.^[5]

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Hai Qing
海清
Hai in 2013
Born	(1978-01-12) 12 January 1978 (age 46) Gulou District, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Alma mater	Beijing Film Academy
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1997–present

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Hai was born in 1978 in Gulou District, Nanjing.^{[citation needed]} She began acting in television shows at the age of seven, before joining the Jiangsu Provincial Theater School at age twelve.^{[citation needed]} In 1997, she was accepted to the Beijing Film Academy^{[citation needed]} and shortly afterwards appeared in her first feature film, Jade Goddess of Mercy. Hai returned to the small screen a few years later, appearing in a number of supporting roles, before joining the cast of A Beautiful Daughter-in-law Era. As the character Guo Hai-ping, Hai went on to receive three award nominations: two at the Golden Eagle Awards and one at the Flying Apsaras Awards.^[6]

In 2015, while attending a United Nations HeForShe banquet, Hai was appointed the first UN Women goodwill ambassador for China by Assistant Secretary-General Lakshmi Puri.^[5] In this role, she became involved in the UN's "Step It Up for Gender Equality" campaign to end violence against women and help empower women in China.