Born to be Alive (Yang Zi, Hu Ge, Li Guang Jie, Zhang Zhe Hua)

Title: Born to be Alive

Chinese Title: 生命树 / Sheng Ming Shu

Broadcast network: CCTV, iQiyi

Broadcast date: 30 January 2026

Genre: Rural

Director: Li Xue

Screenwriter: Wang San Mao, Wang Lei, Xiao Yi Fan (肖意凡), Huang Kai Wen, Li Xue, Zhao Shuo (赵烁), Liu Xiao Xi, Gao Man Tang (script planner)

Producer: Hou Hong Liang, Zhao Zi Yu

Production Company: Daylight Entertainment

Episodes: 40

Born to be Alive Synopsis

A contemporary drama centered on ecological and environmental protection.

In the 1990s, Mazhi County on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau relied heavily on agriculture and animal husbandry, and it once sank deep into poverty. Nearby lay the Uninhabited Zone, Bolamula, rich in mineral deposits and wildlife resources, which attracted large numbers of poachers and illegal miners who slaughtered and exploited indiscriminately for huge profits. With the support of County Chief Lin Peisheng, Deputy County Mayor Duo Jie established a Mountain Patrol team. Initially, the goal was to explore for minerals in the uninhabited zone as a way out of poverty, but after witnessing the horrific slaughter of Tibetan antelopes, Duo Jie devoted himself entirely to environmental protection.

Among the patrol team, the young policewoman Bai Ju became Duo Jie’s destined variable. She was an orphan adopted by Zhang Qinqin, a doctor aiding Tibet, and the youngest daughter of the Bai family, fearless and bold by nature. After personally entering the uninhabited zone, Bai Ju quickly matured, forming deep bonds with the patrol members and falling in love with newspaper reporter Shao Yunfei. United in purpose, they worked together to establish a nature reserve, only to face Duo Jie’s disappearance and the disbandment of the patrol team on the eve of success.

More than a decade later, Bolamula has regained its tranquility, but illegal coal mining once again upsets the balance between development and environmental protection. Bai Ju reunites with her former lover, old friends, and family, and together they pursue the truth behind Duo Jie’s disappearance on a new-era path of environmental conservation. In the end, they restore the hero’s good name and continue to safeguard the clear waters and blue skies of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.