The Dream Maker: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

In the early 1980s, Pingchuan County decided to set up "Yuehai Town" in order to accelerate development. Li Qiu Ping and Zheng De Cheng, 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.

Series details

• Title: The Dream Maker
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Chinese
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 2026-01-10
• Final broadcast date listed: 2026-01-26
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CCTV-8
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Tencent QQ
• Network country: China
• Typical episode runtime: 47 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 84815

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2026-01-10; final listed air date 2026-01-26; episode order: 40.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Dream Maker on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.