Professor
Ph.D. of Art of East China Normal University
Member of Shanghai Federation of Literary and Art Circle
Member of Shanghai Writers Association
Professor Yao has long been engaged in theoretical research on drama writing, especially on the effective system of Chinese and foreign media art theory. Having integrated his research with municipal progress, he has produced several constructive reports, including“Road to glory – The Collection of Shanghai Key Practical ProjectsReportage”, “Green Shanghai –The Collection of Shanghai Green Construction Reportage”, etc. Besides, he has produced several monographs, including The Manual for TV Drama Writing, Introduction to TV Drama Writing, etc. and a textbook Interpretation of the Famous TV Drama. He has also made well-received TV series of around 200 episodes, including “TianMeng” (The Dream), “Dong Fang Xiao Gu Shi” (Historical Educational Stories), “Xing Jing 803” (Criminal Police 803), “JiaZai Shanghai” (Foreigners in Shanghai), “Xiang YueZai Chun Tian” (See You in Spring), “Yin Lou” (TheJewelry Store), etc. Some of his works has won “Five Important Project Award” (a prize granted by Publicity Department of CPC Central Committee to encourage high quality works of theatre, TV drama, film, books and research articles) and Flying Goddess Award (China’s top prize for TV drama).Meanwhile, he published over a hundred research articles on a wide range of topics.