24 Upcoming Chinese Drama in 2026 You Should Not Miss

2026 is here, and we have a lot of Upcoming Chinese dramas that might air in the year 2026. On this list, I'm going to share a list of Cdramas that might air in 2026. If there's any drama that you are anticipating, please let me know in the comments below.

1. Love beyond the Grave

Cast: Dilraba Dilmurat, Arthur Chen

It tells the story of the four-hundred-year-old strongest female ghost master He Si Mu and the mysterious major general Duan Xu who met because of the broken delusion sword. Since then, they have formed a contract to exchange the five senses, and since then, they have been connected by fate and have worked together to maintain peace between the human and spiritual worlds and protect the beautiful world.

2. Chasing Dreams

Cast: Chen Zhe Yuan, Zhang Jing Yi, Liang Yong Qi, Lu Qi

Princess Ti Lan of Xiangnan, bright and free-spirited, loses her peaceful royal life overnight due to a coup and awakens the ability to foresee the future as a "Blind Songstress". She crosses paths with General Tang Qian Zhi, and through a twist of fate, they become betrothed, forming a deep bond.

3. The Legend of Rosy Clouds

Cast: Li Yi Tong, Joseph Zeng, Deng Wei

In the legendary Nine Cities, Fan Yun, a fallen noblewoman, crosses paths with Qi Zheng, the cunning and ambitious city lord. What begins as suspicion soon turns into an alliance as they navigate power struggles, hidden schemes, and shifting loyalties. Together, they must face challenges that test their convictions and discover trust, friendship, and love along the way.

4. Blossoms of Power

Cast: Meng Zi Yi, He Yu

The sole survivor of a bloodshed, Gu Qing Zhi awakens under a new identity — Shen Xi He, the Princess of the Northwest. Once a proud and spirited rose of the frontier, she has now transformed into a cold, calculating figure, determined to seize control of her destiny and dominate the game of power. Crown Prince Xiao Hua Yong, frail in body but razor-sharp in mind, sees through the treacherous currents of the court. As their fates intertwine, they grow closer, joining forces to command the winds of destiny.

5. Veil of Shadows

Cast: Ju Jing Yi, Joseph Zeng, Chen Du Ling, Tian Jia Rui

Lu Wu Yi, the youngest nine-tailed fox of the organization Wu Xiang Yue, is on a mission to find the great demon Xiao Wei. Disguised as a priest, she enters Wei Manor in Luo'an and discovers that others are also hunting Xiao Wei. Among them are Wu Shi Guang, a vengeful demon; Wu Wang Yan, her cunning nine-tailed fox sister; and Ji Ling, an innocent-looking priest with a mysterious past. All of them seek the Dragon Deity's power, but their motives vary: some want to protect, others to kill. As they navigate battles, friendships, and romance, they face obstacles and make sacrifices to protect peace and change their fates.

6. The Eternal Fragrance

Cast: Song Wei Long, Ju Jing Yi

When a sea meteorite brings the mythical Jianmu tree, its fruit, capable of granting ultimate power, plunges immortals, demons, and monsters into a bloody war.

A century later, Xiao Bang Chui, an orphan from Qingqiu, seeks belonging and strength by joining Chufeng Academy. There, she meets Lei Xiu Yuan, a steadfast young man carrying the burden of saving his gravely ill elder brother. Their bond grows from friendship into love as they face the trials of the academy together.

7. Hidden Shadow

Cast: Wang Chu Ran, Li Hong Yi

A peculiar girl with dual souls, An Jiu (Mei Jiu), after a bloody struggle, transforms from an ordinary girl into a royal female special agent. Along the way, she encounters young general Chu Ding Jiang, elegant young master Hua Rong Jian, and unique special agent companions.

Together, they grow and transform amidst familial grudges, national enmities, and romantic entanglements.

8. Love for You

Cast: Song Wei Long, Zhang Jing Yi 

In the 1990s, Chen Yi and Miao Jing became acquainted because of their parents' acquaintance. At first, Chen Yi is hostile to Miao Jing, until after an injury, Miao Jing's kindness begins to change the relationship between the two. However, the good times did not last long. Chen's father died, and Miao's mother disappeared. The two adults did not get together, but the two children had to depend on each other. When he came to college, Miao Jing bravely confessed, but Chen Yi was involved in the arson case and became a key witness. To protect Miao Jing, he forces her to leave Tengcheng and cooperate with the police to arrest the suspect.

Many years later, Chen Yi ran a billiard hall, and Miao Jing returned to Tengcheng to audit Good Luck Logistics. The two met again.

9. The Unclouded Soul

Cast: Tan Song Yun, Hou Ming Hao 

Both the human race and the demon race are driven by the desire to search for the Jade Wine Divine Spring, which has caused constant disputes between people from all walks of life for hundreds of years. Xiao Yao, a girl with a free and easy nature and full adaptability, unexpectedly embarks on a fantasy journey in the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons, turning the demon world upside down.

10. Mo Li

Cast: Bai Lu, Ryan Cheng

Eldest daughter Ye Li marries the crippled Prince Mo Xiu Yao, while her sister Ye Ying weds Prince Mo Jing Li the same day. A descendant of Lishan, Ye Li secretly seeks revenge on those who wronged her clan. Suspected by her husband, who also hides a revenge plan, the couple gradually become allies. Meanwhile, Prince Jing Li plots to seize the throne. In the end, Ye Li and Mo Xiu Yao join forces to defeat their enemies and restore peace to the empire.

11. Glory

Cast: Hou Ming Hao, Gulnezer Bextiyar

After rising star magistrate Lu Jiang Lai is brought down by a past wife-murder case, he’s left injured, amnesiac, and on the run, only to be rescued by Rong Shan Bao, the Tea King's cunning daughter. Once rivals, she hides his identity and demotes him to a stable boy to exact revenge. As Lu Jiang Lai plays along to survive, he becomes entangled in the Rong family’s high-stakes search for a son-in-law. Amid power plays and hidden agendas, he and Shan Bao engage in a battle of wits that slowly turns into something deeper.

12. When I Meet the Moon

Cast: Lin Yi, Lu Yu Xiao 

Shy and socially anxious Yun Li enrolls in graduate school to prove her independence and unexpectedly reunites with her high school crush, the brilliant Fu Shi Ze. Determined to win his heart, she steps out of her comfort zone and pursues him. Their love flourishes, but past traumas and personal differences drive them apart.

Years later, Fu Shi Ze, now a renowned researcher, is determined to win Yun Li back when she returns from abroad. Through growth and perseverance, they find their way back to each other.

13. Speed and Love

Cast: Esther Yu, He Yu 

Before the age of nine, Jiang Mu lived a sheltered and pampered life as the beloved little sister, while Jin Zhao was the brilliant older brother everyone admired. But everything changed when her parents divorced. Her father left for Thailand with Jin Zhao, and it was then that Jiang Mu came to know that her brother was adopted. Refusing to let him slip away, she traveled to Thailand alone to find him. When they met again, the graceful boy she once knew had changed. 

The brightness had faded, replaced by a sharp-edged young man hardened by the streets. He fought in underground rings, raced through dangerous tracks, and lived in a world full of risk that was completely unfamiliar to her. Though she had longed for this reunion, facing him left her uneasy. The brother she had run toward without hesitation now felt like a stranger.

14. How Dare You!?

Cast: Wang Chu Ran, Ryan Cheng, Tang Xiao Tian, Hu Yi Xuan

Workplace rookie Wang Cui Hua unexpectedly finds herself inside the world of a novel, where she crosses paths with Zhang San, another transmigrator—this time, a hidden king who has been biding his time for a decade. One struggling against fate, the other concealing power behind a façade, the two join forces to survive. As schemes unfold and alliances shift, they must face not only the dangers within the story but also the cruel prophecy that one of them will not live to see the flourishing world they’ve worked so hard to build.

15. Love in Red Dust

Cast: Wang Xing Yue, Xu Ruo Han

On the night of the mid-autumn festival, the fox general Yuwen Hong Ce was ambushed in the Sailun Valley, and his entire army was wiped out. He endured and hibernated, vowing to find out the truth about the corruption of military equipment. On the same night, Wen Ding Yi, the daughter of a high-ranking official, lost her family because her father was falsely accused of collaborating with the enemy. She changed her name to Mu Xiao Shu and disguised herself as a man to become the executioner's apprentice.

16. Tigers Sniff the Rose

Cast: Meng Zi Yi, Li Yun Rui, Ken Wu, Li Xiao Qian, Shen Jia Yu

Princess Danyang Mu Wan Yao was ordered to leave Chang An and go to Lingnan to pray for her deceased mother. On the return journey, because the axle of the carriage broke on the mountain road, she met Yan Shang, a scholar who was returning home from the rural school. In the mountains of Lingnan, the mist and rain were hazy. The two fell in love with each other during the help and started a good story.

17. Key to the Phoenix Heart

Cast: Hou Ming Hao, Ai Mi

During the rebellion of the powerful feudal lord of Dayou, the realm descends into chaos, and warlords rise across the land. Xiao Wu Yi, the cold and ruthless commander general of the Northern Army, sets up a scheme for the hand of Xie Jia Yu, the money-driven, crafty only daughter of the Grand Tutor Xie Huai Gui, in order to quell the rebellion of the Duke of Changsha.

Bound by a marriage ordained by royal edict, it is an arrangement crafted not for love, but to serve hidden agendas, where every gesture masks a scheme and every move is calculated in a greater game of power.

18. Burning Night

Cast: Wang Yu Wen, Tian Jia Rui, Li Wen Han

In the turbulent early days of the Republic of China, Hua Xiao Ye, a female doctor skilled in acupuncture, is burdened with the responsibility of protecting her family’s medical clinic. Using her intelligence and courage, she struggles to survive during the chaos. Though her medical skills are average, she has a pure and kind heart, firmly upholding the belief in curing the sick and saving lives. When a warlord commander is killed at the clinic, everyone in the clinic becomes a suspect. To prove her innocence and protect the clinic, Hua Xiao Ye is determined to find the real murderer.

19. Blossom in Darkness

Cast: Li Hong Yi, Sun Zhen Ni

Big Demon Qi Feng Yin, born out of evil thoughts, is locked in the Panic Mountain Barrier due to his killing of the mortals and immortals a thousand years ago. The small Medicine Spirit Ya Mao, transformed from the herb Huanyangcao, is chased by all sorts of people due to its magic physique and happens to break in the barrier, leading Qi Feng Yin's failure to have a human body and his evil thoughts fly. Since then, the two have had a deep bond and have experienced all kinds of stories together.

20. Against the Current

Cast: Tan Song Yun, Liu Xue Yi

Shen Jia Lan, once a nobleman's granddaughter, falls from grace after her family is falsely accused of treason. Abandoned by her fiancé Lin Jin Qi, she is forced to assume a servant's identity in his household. Despite hardships, she refuses to bow to fate. With resilience and wit, she rises above class barriers, wins Lin Jin Qi's heart, earns the family's respect, and ultimately clears her family's name.

21. Romance Next Door

Cast: Chen Xin Hai, Zhang Miao Yi

Cheng Le Le is secretly demoted to her hometown's Star Cinema, where she reunites with her ex, Chen An. Once childhood friends turned lovers, their relationship ended after a family conflict. Now, six years later, Chen An is her boss and treats her coldly. To keep her job and save the cinema, Cheng Le Le must navigate their tense dynamic.

22. The Vendetta of An

Cast: Cheng Yi, Liu Yi Jun, Wang Jin Song, Zhou Qi, Tong Meng Shi, Xu Lu

During the Wude reign, the Huben Dark Guards ruled Chang'an, but when feudal lord Xiao Wu Yang seized power, they vanished along with the dethroned emperor, Rumors claimed their leader, Yan Feng Shan, sought to use the fallen ruler for his own gain. Tasked by Xiao Wu Yang to eliminate the Huben, Xie Huai’an, a brilliant official from Huainan, saw his chance for revenge - Yan Feng Shan had killed his father, and he had spent a decade preparing. With the dethroned emperor as a pawn, Xie Huai’an forged an alliance with General Gu Yu, swordsman Ye Zheng, and strategist Han Zi Ling. Together, they waged a shadowy war against the Huben, a battle that would determine the empire's fate.

23. Love Story in the 1970s

Cast: Arthur Chen, Sun Qian

In the 1970s, Fei Ni, a motivated female worker in a hat factory, wanted to go to college to change her fate with knowledge. Fei Ni's junior high school classmate, Fang Mu Yang, became a hero for his bravery because he was injured while saving people. Fei Ni took the initiative to take care of him. She wanted to be recommended to go to college for good deeds, but her hope was repeatedly dashed.

24. Shine on Me

Cast: Song Wei Long, Zhao Jin Mai

The story follows the lively and energetic university student Nie Xi Guang as she steps out of campus and navigates the challenges of the professional world. During university, she experiences a bittersweet secret crush on the aloof yet brilliant top student, Zhuang Xu. However, upon entering the workforce, she crosses paths with Lin Yu Sen, a former surgeon turned solar energy industry elite.

And that's a list of Chinese drama that might premier in 2026. There's still more Chinese dramas that we might see in 2026, be on the look out. If there's any cdrama you are highly anticipating in 2026, let me know about it in the comments.