| Native Name: | 底线 |
| Genre: | Law Crime Police procedural |
| Director: | Liu Guotong |
| Country: | China |
| Language: | Mandarin |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 40 |
| Editor: | Cui Ying |
| Location: | Changsha, Hunan |
| Runtime: | 45 minutes |
| Company: | Hunan Broadcasting System Xiaoxiang Film People's Court Press Dangran Pictures Faxin Culture Xianjun Film and Television |
Draw the Line is a Chinese television series directed by Liu Guotong, starring leads Jin Dong, Cheng Yi, and Cai Wenjing, and featuring Wang Xiuzhu, Wang Shasha, Wang Fang, Wu Chao in prominent supporting roles. The series aired on Hunan Satellite TV from September 19, 2022 to October 11, 2022. and was broadcast simultaneously on Mango TV and iQiyi.[1] [2]
Fang Yuan, the chief judge of the Filing Division of the Xingcheng District People's Court, and Song Yufei, the deputy chief judge of the First Criminal Division of the Rongzhou Intermediate People's Court, are both apprentices of Zhang Weimin, the vice president of the Xingcheng District People's Court. The three masters and apprentices devoted their youth and blood to China's judicial cause. Now, Fang Yuan's apprentice and legal assistant Zhou Yian has just become a post judge. The former master and apprentice team are now dispersed to different judicial positions and continue to shine. Ye Xin, a young female cadre of the Supreme Law Research Office, suddenly airborne, causing more changes in the Star City Court. These three generations of court people carry forward the fine tradition of mentoring and mentoring in each case, and they always adhere to the bottom line of justice, morality, and humanity.[3]
Jin Dong as Fang Yuan
Cheng Yi as Zhou Yian
Cai Wenjing as Ye Xin
Director Liu Guotong said that during the preparation of the play, under the guidance of the Supreme People's Court, the creators went to more than 60 courts at all levels across the country for research, interviewed more than 200 front-line court workers, and collected more than 500 representative cases to immerse themselves in the daily work and life of the court. They revised 20 drafts of the script; during the filming, more than 400 creatives shot scenes in more than 170 places in Changsha, and the crew built 3,000 square meters and 40 court interiors, striving to make every detail realistic.[4]
The play was created under the guidance of the Supreme People's Court, the Propaganda Department of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and the Hunan Provincial Radio and Television Bureau, and was supervised by the Information Bureau of the Supreme People's Court and the Case Filing Division of the Supreme People's Court. Li Guangyu, deputy director of the Political Department and deputy director of the Information Bureau of the Supreme People's Court, and Qian Xiaochen, president of the filing tribunal, served as the chief planners. In order to ensure the authenticity and professionalism of the plot, during the filming process, the Supreme People's Court assigned local court experts to be on site throughout the entire filming process, and strictly controlled the content, scenes, costumes, props and other details in the play.[5]
The main creative team of the play was organized by the Supreme People's Court and the Hunan Provincial Radio and Television Bureau. It began to conceive in 2019, started collecting stories in October 2020 (which lasted more than 90 days), and then started filming in February 2022 (February 26 A start-up ceremony was held at the People's Court of Changsha County, Hunan Province, on May 30th of the same year.[6] The shooting was completed on May 30th of the same year (94 days of AB double-team shooting), which lasted a total of 3 years.
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 Weibo Night | 2022 Weibo annual drama series | Draw The Line | [7] | ||
| 2023 | 2023 Capital TV Program Spring Promotion Conference | Excellent TV series of the year | Draw The Line | [8] |