Han Sanping (born 1 October 1953) is a Chinese film producer and distributor. Until 2014, he served as the chairman of the

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China Film Group Corporation China Film Group Corporation (CFGC) is the largest, most influential film enterprise in the People's Republic of China, owned by the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party. According to ''Forbes'', it is a state monopoly ...

, which is one of the largest distributors and exporters of

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Caixin Caixin Media () is a Chinese media group based in Beijing known for business and investigative journalism. Structure The founder and publisher is Hu Shuli, a former Knight Fellow in journalism at Stanford University, and an honorary doctora ...

reported that Han retired from his state position shortly after being questioned during the anti-graft investigation into

Zhou Yongkang Zhou Yongkang (; born December 3, 1942) is a former senior leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (2007–2012) elected Zhou to be one of the nine members of the 17th Politburo ...

, a high-level official in the

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. Han has also co-produced with established film directors such as

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and

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. Han is currently a co-head of Zhengfu Pictures. He is assigned to serve as Jury Head of Asian World Film Festival. Apart from being the former chairman of China Film Group Corporation, Han also serves as the President of Beijing Film Studio and the Chinese Children Film Studio, as well as Vice Managing Director of the Chinese Film Producer Association. In 2009 and 2011, he directed two patriotic tribute films: ''

The Founding of a Republic ''The Founding of a Republic'' is a Chinese historical drama produced in 2009 to mark the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China and was made to portray the final years of the Chinese Communist Revolution that followed the end of the ...

'' for the

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, and ''

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'' for the 90th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party. Both films featured cameos by famous actors and other film industry figures. He also produced the 2020 web series ''The Bad Kids''. He acted as a behind-the-scenes cross-border producer for the Midway (2019) and Greyhound (2020).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Han, Sanping Chinese film producers Living people 1953 births People from Guangyuan