The Dream Maker Chinese Drama (Zhao Li Ying, Qin Jun Jie)

Title: The Dream Maker

Chinese Title: 小城大事 / Xiao Cheng Da Shi

Also known as: 造城者 (Zao Cheng Zhe) / The City Maker

Broadcast network: CCTV, Tencent

Broadcast Date: 10 January 2026

Genre: Period, Drama

Director: Sun Hao

Screenwriter: Yuan Ke Ping

Episodes: 40

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The Dream Maker Synopsis 

In the early 1980s, Pingchuan County decided to set up "Yuehai Town" in order to accelerate development. Li Qiuping and Zheng Decheng, two cadres with outstanding abilities and personalities, adhered to the concept of "the people's city is built by the people", and with the help of the reform and opening-up policy and the Central Document No. 1, they found a way to reform and led thousands of farmers to build a modern city on the tidal flats through the "fund-raising and partnership" initiative without using a penny from the state

The Dream Maker Cast

Main Roles

Zhao Li Ying as Liu Qiuping

Huang Xiao Ming as Zheng Decheng

Chen Ming Hao as Xie Chunlai

Zhu Yuan Yuan as Gao Xuemei

Qin Jun Jie as Du Tao

Geng Le as Lin Dongfu

Yu Ai Lei as Tan Guangming

Supporting Roles

Zhang Guo Qiang as Zhao Dongsheng

Liu Wei Wei as Liu Dan

Li Xi Rui as Monica

Li Jiu Xiao as Yang Xiaohai

Zhang Wei Yi as Qiang Changyuan

Wang Yi Yao as Sun Xiaoyan

Dong Ke Fei as San Pang

Zhu Chao Yi as Yu Qingtian

Chen Hao Ming as Meng Xiaoli

Zhang Ye Zi as Wang Lili

Han Hao Lin as Zheng Dapeng

Wang Jian Guo as Zheng Desheng

Liu Bateer as Zheng Zhiqiang

Jia Jing Hui as Ma Weidong

Fu Jia as Wang Defa

Liu Ting Zuo as Tian Haiyang

Liu Hua as He Bin

Heidi Wang as Jiang Yun

Wu Yan Shu as Granny Yang

Monica Chan as CEO Chang

Li Qiang as Li Dafu

Xia Li Xin as Yan Jin

Luo Er Yang as Guan Yiming

Guo Guang Ping as Xia Changyou

Fang Zi Bin as Cai Gang

Song Ning Feng as Qi Shimin

Li Chuan Ying as Worker Song

Wu Gang as Assistant Secretary Zhang

Yang Si as Cai Gang's wife