Hai Yan

{{Short description|Chinese writer and producer}}

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| name = Si Haiyan

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|11|7}}

| birth_place = Beijing, China

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| p = Sì Hǎiyán

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Si Haiyan (born 7 November 1954), usually credited as Hai Yan, is a Chinese writer and producer. He's generally considered one of China's most popular screenwriters, and his stories are generally adapted and remade into films and television series. Hai Yan frequently blends crime/detective elements with love stories.{{cite book|chapter=Introduction|title=TV Drama in China|editor-last=Zhu|editor-first=Ying|editor2-last=Keane|editor2-first=Michael|editor3-last=Bai|editor3-first=Ruoyun|publisher=Hong Kong University Press|year=2008|isbn=9789622099418|page=8}} He and Zhao Baogang (赵宝刚) who directed many of his adaptations have "become synonymous with Chinese-made youth dramas".{{cite book|title=Mainstream Culture Refocused: Television Drama, Society, and the Production of Meaning in Reform-Era China|author=Zhong Xueping|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|isbn=978-0-8248-3469-2|year=2010|page=102}}