The Ideal City: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The story revolves around a female cost engineer named Su Xiao and her growth journey in the male-dominated construction industry. In her first job at a state-owned enterprise, Su Xiao is used as a scapegoat for a construction accident and gets fired later on. Then she starts from scratch in a smaller, less-known construction firm, and works her way up to the CEO of the group with hard work and dedication. However, this isn't smooth sailing at all. She has to face office politics, fight against the glass ceiling for females and deal with male directives with seniority who just don't like her. Luckily, she has Xia Ming, an experienced colleague to guide her through the hardships.

Series details

• Title: The Ideal City
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Chinese
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 2021-08-12
• Final broadcast date listed: 2021-08-31
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CCTV-8
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: iQIYI
• Network country: China
• Typical episode runtime: 45 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 71602
• IMDb ID: tt15320698
• TVDB ID: 409613

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2021-08-12; final listed air date 2021-08-31; episode order: 40.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Ideal City 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.