Draft:Hai

Honghai Li, also known as Hai, is the author of the TimeDoc MOOK series and the founder and producer of TimeDoc Documentary Film Production Co., Ltd. He is a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, and an alumnus of Harvard Business School's OPM program.

He has summited Mount Everest twice and holds two China Records. He served as the assistant director of the acclaimed TV series The Grand Mansion Gate. As an investor and producer, his film and documentaries have received more than ten domestic and international awards, including the Telly Awards (USA),[1] the Golden Horse Awards (Taiwan), and the China International New Media Short Film Award.[2]

Hong Hai is also the inventor of several patented video processing technologies. He is the author of over ten books, including the TimeDoc MOOK series, Chinese at Harvard,[3] and Immigrants and the Sea.[4] He is also the co-founder of the China Foundation for Rural Development, a lifetime member of the Society of Entrepreneurs & Ecology, and an executive director of the Committee 2005.

Accolades

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  • 2024: An Exchange on China Discovery Channel Documentary Series - Silver Award for Documentary at 45th Annual Telly Awards(Executive Producer)[1]
  • 2023: Wonderful Xi'an - 3rd Prize at Chinese Promo Film Competition (Producer)
  • 2022: Everyone is Great - Best Documentary Short Film at the 12th China International New Media Short Film Festival (Producer)[2]
  • 2020: Nantou Ancient City - Official selected at the 11th China International New Media Short Film Festival (Producer)
  • 2016: The Earthquake - Gold Remi Award at the Houston International Film Festival (Producer)
  • 2015: The Chinese Mayor - Best Documentary Award at the Golden Horse Awards and the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival (Executive Producer)
  • 2014: The Rookies' Dream - Golden Peng Award at the China International New Media Short Film Festival[5] (Producer & Cinematographer)
  • 2013: DNA Dreams - Official selected at the New Zealand International Film Festival[6] (Co-Producer & Cinematographer)
  • 2011: Memories of Blue Mountain - Best Short Documentary at Changchun Film Festival[7] (Producer)
  • 2010: Mount Shishapangma - 10th Anniversary Grand Prize by China's National Radio and Television Administration "Documenting China" program (Producer & Cinematographer)
  • 2009: Days Above the Clouds - Official selected at the China Film & TV Anthropology Annual Showcase[7] (Producer & Cinematographer)
  • 2008: Immigrants and the Sea - Annual Arts & Culture Award from Southern Media Group's "Life Awards" (Director & Producer)
  • 2007: Shenzhen Memory - Best Documentary of the Year of Shenzhen Broadcasting Group[7] (Director & Producer)
  • 2006: Sea Shenzhen - Best Documentary of the Year of Shenzhen Broadcasting Group[7] (Director & Producer)
  • 2000: The Grand Mansion Gate - CCTV's No.1 rated TV program of the year (Assistant Director)
  • 1999: Forever Lop Nur - Official selected at the 10th China International Advertising Festival[7] (Director)

Productions

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Year Category Title
2024 Documentary Series An Exchange on China
2023 Commercial Wonderful Xi'an
2022 Documentary Everyone's Great
2020 Commercial Doc Short Nantou Ancient City
2019 Commercial Doc Short Forward
2016 Documentary Film The Earthquake
2015 Documentary Film The Chinese Mayor
2013 Everest Documentary The Rookies' Dream
2013 Documentary Film DNA Dreams
2011 Commercial Doc Short Memories of Blue Mountain
2010 Documentary Mount Shishapangma
2010 Everest Documentary Furthering 8848
2009 Documentary Days Above the Clouds
2008 Documentary Series Immigrants and the Sea
2007 Documentary Series Shenzhen Memory
2006 Documentary Series Sea Shenzhen
2000 TV Drama Series The Grand Mansion Gate
1999 Documentary Forever Lop Nur

Publications

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Year Title Publisher
2025 TimeDoc · Vol. 4[8] The Commercial Press
2023 TimeDoc · Vol. 3[9] Orient Publishing Center
2022 TimeDoc · Vol. 2[10] Gezhi Publishing House
2021 TimeDoc · 2020: Against the Light[11] CITIC Press Group
2018 Chinese at Harvard[3] Huaxia Publishing House
2016 The Story of Chu Shijian[12] New World Press
2012 Wang Shi Said: Success Is When I'm No Longer Needed[13] Zhejiang University Press
2012 Wang Shi Said: The Choices That Shaped My Life[14] Zhejiang University Press
2008 Immigrants and the Sea[4] Writers Publishing House
2006 Shenzhen Memory[15] Haitan Publishing House
2005 Sea Shenzhen[16] Haitan Publishing House

Photography

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Business

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Humanities

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Art

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Science

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References

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  1. ^ a b "An Exchange on China - 2024 Silver Winner". Telly Awards. Retrieved 2025-06-19.
  2. ^ a b CSFF. "金鹏荣耀,湾区绽放 | 中国短片节联手B站 "湾区科幻夜"典礼精彩呈现". Weixin Official Accounts Platform. Retrieved 2025-06-19.
  3. ^ a b 哈佛中国人. ISBN 9787508093574.
  4. ^ a b 移民与海札记. ISBN 978-7-5063-4302-2.
  5. ^ "万科精神——郁亮《菜鸟达人梦》震撼上映". Weixin Official Accounts Platform. Retrieved 2025-06-19.
  6. ^ Whānau Mārama: DNA Dreams. Retrieved 2025-06-19 – via www.nziff.co.nz.
  7. ^ a b c d e "来自深圳的他,用"纸上纪录片"记录下2020年逆光奔跑的身影". appimg.allcitysz.com. Retrieved 2025-06-19.
  8. ^ 时代纪录·4. ISBN 9787100248310.
  9. ^ 时代纪录·3. ISBN 978-7-5473-2289-5.
  10. ^ 时代纪录·2. ISBN 9787543233751.
  11. ^ 时代纪录(2020·逆光). ISBN 9787521726626.
  12. ^ 褚时健说. ISBN 9787510459047.
  13. ^ 王石说:我的成功是别人不再需要我. ISBN 9787308105972.
  14. ^ 王石说:影响我人生的进与退. ISBN 9787308102360.
  15. ^ 深圳记忆. ISBN 9787806978863.
  16. ^ 滨海深圳. ISBN 7-80697-713-9.