Wang Jinghua (2000) Huayi Brothers (2001–2007) Fan Bingbing Studio (2007–), under artist representation agreements with Talent Television & Film (2011–2015; 2016–2019) ˉinternational: William Morris Endeavour (2012–2016)
In 2018, Fan was involved in atax evasion scandal, resulting in aCN¥883 million (US$127 million) tax liability and fine, as well as her blacklisting inmainland China.[5][6][7][8] Fan has since shifted her focus in China to her brand Fan Beauty, while pursuing an acting career overseas. She returned to screen with a cameo in the South Korean TV showInsider (2022), followed by a starring role in the Hong Kong filmGreen Night (2023).[9] She wonBest Leading Actress at the62nd Golden Horse Awards for the Malaysian filmMother Bhumi (2025).[10]
Fan was born in the coastal city ofQingdao[Note 1], and moved toYantai at 6 with her parents.[11] Her paternal grandfather was a senior officer in the naval air force from Qingdao, stationed at the Yantai Laishan Airport division, while her grandmother gave her the Chinese characterbing, or “ice,” to honor the family’s ties to the sea.[12] Her father, Fan Tao, a former naval serviceman, was assigned to the Yantai Radio Factory after demobilization. After marrying Zhang Chuanmei (born Zhang Meili), one of eight sisters from a large family in Yantai, the couple were transferred to the Yantai Port Authority, where both worked as cadres in the cultural division. Following Zhang’s layoff, Fan resigned, and the couple started a clothing business together. During Fan’s childhood, her maternal grandfather, a carpenter, often cared for her while her parents were occupied with their business.[13][14] Fan has a younger brother nineteen years her junior,Fan Chengcheng. Her parents were fined for violating China’s one-child policy when he was born in 1999. He was a member of boy groupsNine Percent andNEXT before pursuing a solo career mainly as an actor.[15]
Fan grew up watching her father sing at local competitions and cultural events, sometimes in bars to supplement the family income. Her mother, passionate about dance since childhood and a former member of theRed Guards propaganda troupe, was devoted to Fan’s artistic education and arranged piano and flute lessons for her. Despite academic underperformance, Fan skipped a grade in her second year of middle school and was admitted to the music talent class of Yantai No. 1 High School for her outstanding musical performance, though some sources suggested that her admission was aided by her mother’s connections with the school's staff. While in middle school, Fan lived for several years in the home of her flute teacher Zhang Chunqian, a close friend of her mother from their time in the Red Guards, as her parents were occupied with their clothing business. Zhang, who also served as the high school's wind-orchestra director, encouraged Fan's artistic talent and appointed her as the orchestra’s conductor.[16][17]
As a young girl, Fan was captivated by the Taiwanese television dramaThe Empress of the Dynasty, starringAngela Pan asWu Zetian, which gave her the early dream of, if not becoming an actress, at least being like the star.[18][19] In 1995, during her second year of high school, Fan was involved in a car accident. Her parents took her to Shanghai for surgery, and she spent three months recuperating in a hospital. Back to Yantai, she learned aboutShanghai Xie Jin-Hengtong School of Arts in the local newspaper. Unable to advance to her senior year for thecollege entrance exam due to the accident, and unwilling to repeat her second year of high school, Fan applied to the performance school, and on the day of the entrance interviews, she was noticed in the crowd by the founder and director, Xie Jin, who advanced her past the preliminary and secondary auditions straight to the final round. At 15, she joined the school’s third cohort as one of its youngest students.[20][21]
Fan debuted in the television seriesPowerful Woman (1997), where she met the lead actressLeanne Liu, who recommended her for the television seriesMy Fair Princess (1998–1999). The two seasons of costume drama, in which she plays a supporting role as a princess's handmaiden, became a runaway success and brought her recognition across the Chinese-speaking world.[22]
On the eve of the shooting ofMy Fair Princess in 1997, at the age of 16, Fan signed withChiung Yao, the Taiwanese writer and showrunner. After Fan rose to fame with the costume drama, her parents closed their clothing business and moved to Beijing to support her acting career, becoming her early agents. Fan broke up with Chiung Yao in 1999, following a high-profile contractual dispute that arose after she signed on to Jia Yun’s productions without going through her agency. Fan and her mother filed for termination with the agency, which countersued Fan for unilaterally terminating the contract and demanded a compensation fee ofCN¥1 million. Through court mediation, Fan settled the contract termination with the agency by payingCN¥200,000 in compensation, reportedly the life savings of her parents at the time, who had just bought a house in Beijing.[23][24]
In the same year, she was promised with five TV series in three years by Jia Yun, a family friend and founder of Zhejiang Pi Ka Wang Group, a leather and furniture manufacturer which later gained prominence in entertainment business. Jia became a key supporter during the early stage of Fan’s career, though her slate of television projects under his company failed to gain traction. Their relationship apparently soured after rumors circulated about a romantic or “kept” relationship between them. When Fan’s contract with him expired, her family publicly accused Jia of exploiting her for self-promotion. Jia was placed on a wanted list in 2007 for “illegally absorbing public deposits,” and he turned himself in in 2015.[25][26]
In 1999, while shooting TV seriesQingchun Chudong produced by Jia, Fan was introduced by co-actorsLi Bingbing andRen Quan to their manager Wang Jinghua, one of China's earliest and most powerful managers. In June 2000, Fan signed with Wang, and followed her next year to join inHuayi Brothers, where Wang became the head of its talent management. In 2002, Fan established Huairou Fanbingbing Film & Television Art Training School and a production and publicity company, both in the charge of her mother. In 2003, Fan starred inFeng Xiaogang'sCell Phone, which became China'shighest-grossing film of the year and earned her theHundred Flowers Award for Best Actress. Fan also appeared in films such asThe Lion Roars (2002),The Twins Effect II (2004),A Chinese Tall Story (2005), andA Battle of Wits (2006), for which she received a nomination for Best Actress at the 12thGolden Bauhinia Awards.[27] In 2006,Forbes China awarded her the Star of the Year.[28]
Fan’s tenure atHuayi Brothers, China’s leading entertainment conglomerate in the 2000s, was marked by tensions between her rapidly rising stardom and the corporate machinery. Although she benefited from Huayi’s strong film production network, the company’s lack of adequate public-relations support and personal attention left her frustrated, particularly after her role as a mistress inCell Phone drew increasingly negative and often salacious publicity. In 2004, she faced her first public-relations crisis whenChongqing Business Daily published an article implying her “casting-couch” transaction. Fan urged Huayi to issue an immediate statement, but the company responded only days later, leading to a newspaper retraction that came well past the news cycle.[29][30] In 2006, a viral post making similar allegations appeared onTianya. This time Fan took the initiative with the help of Mu Xiaoguang, a Taiwanese businessman with reputed ties with theFour Seas Gang[31], who befriended Fan when he was producer of the TV seriesThe Legend and the Hero (2007). Mu identified the posters as two middle-school students inShaanxi Province by tracing the IP address and registration data. The two teenagers admitted to acting on instructions from another actress and issued a public apology to Fan. Fan later stated that she had identified the actress involved but chose not to disclose her name.[32][33]
In 2005, Fan’s powerful manager Wang Jinghua left Huayi to co-found Chengtian Entertainment, triggering an exodus of talent and a shake-up across the industry. Fan chose to remain with Huayi, reportedly persuaded by the company’s promise to cast her oppositeChow Yun-fat in the historical epicA Battle of Wits (2006), though the lead role ultimately went toAndy Lau. After Wang’s departure, her protégé Li Xue, sister of Li Bingbing, who also remained with Huayi, took over as the head of talent management. The unfavorable internal competition intensified with the arrival ofZhou Xun. Amid rumors that her contratual negotiations had broken down, Fan largely skipped the promotion of her final project with Huayi,The Matrimony (2007), which was released around the same time her contract expired.[34][35]
One of the most prominent shifts in Fan’s independent era was her team’s effort to rebuild relations with the media, transforming her from one of China’s most reviled—and often misogynistically targeted—celebrities into one of its most media-savvy figures. Mu Xiaoguang, known for his fiercely protective attitude toward Fan, financed two television dramas to repair her public image:Rouge Snow (2008), written byYu Zheng, andJintai-Pan (2009), adapted fromPai Hsien-yung’s novel of the same name. Both were female-led stories centered on virtuous, resilient women. InJintai-Pan, the morally complex nightclub dancer, one of Pai’s best-known characters, was rewritten into a traditionally “positive” figure embodying chastity and perseverance. Though the change drew mixed reviews, it reflected Mu’s determination to “set Fan straight.”[40] The two projects also marked the beginning of Fan’s long-term collaboration with co-producer Talent Television & Film Co., Ltd., of whichZhao Wei was a founding member.[41]
The year 2010 marked a leap forward in Fan’s career. She earned the Best Actress Award for her performance inBuddha Mountain at the 23rdTokyo International Film Festival.[42] But most memorably, the year was defined by her appearance at the63rd Cannes Film Festival, where she created a sensation in China with her red carpet gown inspired by adragon robe, historically worn by Chinese emperors. The now-iconic ensemble not only cemented her image as an unapologetically ambitious and self-assured woman, but also heralded a new phase in her career, when she fully embraced the power of publicity and image-making. Throughout the 2010s, Fan maintained one of the highest public profiles in China, owing largely to her striking, fashion-forward appearances at international film festivals, often as a brand ambassador rather than for a competing film. Her unconventional path to success attracted both admiration and derision, with critics dubbing her a “carpet star” for a career built more on glamour than on work.[43][44]
“You can love me to death, or hate me to death, but you can’t say you feel nothing about me.”
Fan Bingbing, 2012
In 2011, Fan starred in the martial arts filmShaolin alongsideAndy Lau andJackie Chan andThe Founding of a Party, which was released to mark the 90th anniversary of theChinese Communist Party.[45] In May, she appeared at the64th Cannes Film Festival to promoteMy Way together with directorKang Je-gyu and actorsJang Dong-gun andJoe Odagiri.[46] In October, she became a member of the International Competition Jury of 24thTokyo International Film Festival.[47] That same year, Fan signed a four-year artist representation agreement with Talent Film and Television. Under the deal, Talent acted as Fan’s exclusive agent for television projects, taking a commission on her drama earnings and advertising performances handled through the company. To strengthen the partnership, Fan became a major shareholder of Talent.[48][49]
For the first half of 2012, Fan attended many fashion shows in Paris.[50][51][52] On 16 May, she attended the opening ceremony of the65th Cannes Film Festival as the only East Asian global spokesperson on behalf ofL'Oréal Paris.[53] In the filmDouble Xposure, which was released in China on 29 September,[54] she portrays a girl who, after suffering trauma during childhood, experiences visual hallucinations after witnessing her father kill her mother. Most film critics praised Fan's performance,[55][56] and she won Best Actress at the 2013Huading Awards.[57] The film was a financial success, with a domestic gross of more than CN¥100 million,[58] which broke the box office record for a domestic art film in China. On 12 December, Fan made an unpaid surprise cameo inLost in Thailand in support her first-time filmmaker friend,Xu Zheng. The film broke the box office record for Chinese films in China.[59]
In 2013, Fan appeared as Dr. Wu's assistant, Wu Jiaqi, in the mainland Chinese version ofIron Man 3, which was released on 1 May.[60][61] The same year, she starred alongsideAarif Rahman in the romantic comedyOne Night Surprise, which aired onChinese Valentine's Day. The low-budget film became a commercial success and received positive reviews.[62] On 9 December 2013, the Chinese e-commerce giantAlibaba Group's B2C businessTaobao announced that Fan topped the list of the most valuable celebrities for boosting online business and said that Fan influenced approximatelyUS$74 million in sales on its ecommerce website.[63] On 22 December, Fan received the Best Actress Award and the Hottest Figure Award at theBaidu Hot Ceremony.[64] In 2014, Fan portrayed the mutantBlink (Clarice Ferguson) inX-Men: Days of Future Past.[65] She also announced that she has a four-film contract with20th Century Fox, yet she has not appeared in another X-Men film since.[66][67][68] On 31 May,Barbie announced the launch of the Fan Bingbing Celebrity Specialty doll in Shanghai.[69]Louis Vuitton also chose Fan as the first Asian actress to be provided with a specially tailored dress for their red carpet.[70]
Fan served for the first time as producer on the historical television drama,The Empress of China, in which she portrays the titular characterWu Zetian, the only female emperor in Chinese history.[68] The 82-episode series, a pet project inspired by Fan’s childhood crush onAngela Pan’s Wu Zetian, took seven years to develop and eight months to film. It aired onHunan Television from 21 December 2014 to 5 February 2015. The drama was briefly pulled off-air midway through its broadcast before being re-edited to remove cleavage-revealing costumes, though befitting of theTang dynasty. It received mixed reviews but was a major commercial success.[71] The same year, she starred inwuxia fantasy filmThe White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom.[72] In 2015, Fan joined theChina Central Television (CCTV) variety show as a judge inAmazing Chinese and as a contestant in thereality television showChallenger's Alliance.[73] She was ranked fourth onForbes World's Highest-Paid Actresses list for 2015.[74]
Following the success ofThe Empress of China, which was co-produced by Talent, the company was listed on theChiNext board of theShenzhen Stock Exchange in 2015. Fan’s 4-year representation contract with Talent ended in March 2015 without renewal, as part of a planned high-premium acquisition. She established a production company with a registered capital ofCN¥3 million, packaging her ten-year personal contract rights into the entity. Talent planned to acquire 51% of Fan's company for approximatelyCN¥435 million in cash. However, after Chinese regulators tightened oversight of entertainment-industry mergers and acquisitions in 2016, Talent abandoned the purchase and instead co-founded a joint venture with Fan, with a total investment ofCN¥30 million from both, to jointly manage her ten-year representation business.[48][49]
On May 10, 2018,Feng Xiaogang posted on Weibo a concept poster forCell Phone 2, a sequel to Fan's breakout filmCell Phone (2003). On May 27, former CCTV hostCui Yongyuan, who had a feud with the original film due to its alleged insinuations about his real life, posted on Weibo photos of a contract showing that Fan was paid CN¥10 million. On May 28, Cui further alleged that another actor had signed two contracts for a four-day film shoot—one for CN¥10 million and the other for CN¥50 million—pocketing a total of CN¥60 million. Due to the smaller contract's amount matching Fan's revealed contract from the previous day, many incorrectly believed Cui referred to the same person with two days' revelations and was thus accusing Fan of tax evading through the dual contracts. On May 29, Fan's studio denied the accusation of tax evasion.[84][85] On June 3, China's tax authorities announced that they would investigate Fan's suspected case of tax evasion in light of Cui's posts.[86][87] Cui offered his help to the investigation, but clarified that the CN¥60 million contract did not involve Fan. He also apologized to Fan for subjecting her to the investigation, stating that his targets were Feng Xiaogang andLiu Zhenyun, the director and the writer ofCell Phone.[88]
Questions, concerns, and rumors about Fan's whereabouts grew when she was not seen after a last public appearance on 1 July 2018, and a lack of activity on social media after 23 July.[5][89] According to a later deleted Weibo post by Qiu Ziming, a former journalist forThe Economic Observer, Fan was arrested while consulting a fortune-teller named Shen Aixu, who is known by the epithet “Little Immortal,” atDeji Plaza in Nanjing. The session, reportedly arranged by Wu Tiejun, the plaza’s owner, with Fan paying Shen CN¥2 million, was raided by the police, who detained Fan, Shen, and Wu on the spot. To maintain secrecy, they covered Fan’s head, escorted her from the elevator to the parking garage, and transported her to Beijing by police car. When Fan requested to use the restroom during the transfer, officers cleared the area to prevent exposure.[90] In 2021, theWeChat official account “Defenders,” a society of defense lawyers, disclosed that Shen, the “Little Immortal” arrested alongside Fan, had been sentenced to 12 years in prison.[91]
On June 9, Ma Yuan, an actor and nephew ofXi Jinping, wrote on Weibo, “Everyone, stop making wild guesses… He is not alone…,” expressing support for Cui Yongyuan’s exposé of the entertainment industry. Ma continued to voice support for Cui and, on June 26, reposted a celebratory article titled “Cui Wins Big! Thousands of Chinese Film Companies Face Bankruptcy!”[92]
In the first week of July 2018, Fan canceled a scheduled meeting with a production company, informing them that she had been placed under house arrest.[93] In August, her international agent, Jersey Chong, denied reports that Fan had been arrested.[94] According toRed Carpet: Hollywood, China, and the Global Battle for Cultural Supremacy by Erich Schwartzel, Fan was secretly detained under “residential surveillance” at a vacation resort, a form of extrajudicial detention typically used against senior party members. “She was allowed no phone, pen, or paper. She was watched constantly, even while taking showers.”[95] Taiwanese television commentator Hsu Sheng-mei claimed, citing a friend of Fan's manager Mu Xiaoguang, that Fan, Mu, their accountant, administrative assistant, and the company’s legal representative had all disappeared simultaneously from five different locations in July before being transferred to Beijing “to assist in the investigation.”[96] According toCTiTV News, theFour Seas Gang, which established a significant presence in Shanghai following Taiwan's crackdown in the late 1990s, was making efforts to rescue Mu, who had connections with the gang, in China.[31]
During Fan’s disappearance, her fiancéLi Chen and brotherFan Chengcheng continued working. However, when Li made his first appearance on August 28, in a video recorded forZhejiang Television’s tenth-anniversary celebration, he did not wear his engagement ring.[97] In September,Montblanc,Chopard, andSwisse terminated their endorsement contracts with Fan.[93] On September 16,Hu Xijin, editor-in-chief ofGlobal Times, wrote on Weibo that Fan and the investigating authorities should disclose her whereabouts and the progress of the investigation to the public, emphasizing that “transparency is a necessary principle of a law-based society.” He also stated that regardless of Cui’s motives, his whistleblowing was “an act of courage.”[98]
On October 3,Xinhua News Agency announced that Fan was ordered to pay about CN¥883 million in taxes and penalties for her tax evasion, while her long-time manager, Mu Xiaoguang, had been "subjected to compulsory measures by public security authorities" for destroying accounting records and obstructing the investigation. On the same day, Fan broke her months-long silence with an apology statement on social media.[99][89] Meanwhile, Taiwan’sMainland Affairs Council protested that the Chinese government had not informed the Taiwanese government of the arrest of Mu, a Taiwanese citizen, as required under the Cross-Strait Joint Crime-Fighting and Judicial Mutual Assistance Agreement.[100] Mu remained out of public view until March 2023, when he attended the funeral of his uncle, veteran actor Yun-Peng Shang, in Taipei.[101] Several sources claimed that Mu had served four years in prison to protect Fan by taking the blame, but the Chinese authorities have never disclosed whether he was sentenced following his arrest.
Fan’s case triggered a sweeping tax-audit campaign and regulatory reforms across China’s entertainment industry, leading to a prolonged downturn. In December 2018, a group of cultural and film industry representatives anonymously issued an open letter to PremierLi Keqiang, questioning the retroactive and punitive taxation methods of theState Taxation Administration.[102] According to Xinhua News Agency, from October 2018 to the end of the year, taxpayers in the entertainment industry "conducted self-inspections," and CN¥11.747 billion in taxes were declared.[103]
Since the tax scandal, Fan has been effectively blacklisted in mainland China, where her films and television works are prohibited from being released, such as the crime filmThe Perfect Blue, directed byCao Baoping, and the historical dramaThe Legend of Ba Qing (also known asWin the World).[104] The ban ofThe Legend of Ba Qing, then the largest single investment in an Asian television series with a budget ofCN¥500 million, nearly bankrupted the producer Talent Television & Film. Fan ceased to be the company’s major shareholder in 2019, ending 13 years of close collaboration.[105]
Fan made attempts at a comeback in China with varying degrees of success, with her publicity usually censored orshadowbanned on the Chinese internet. On April 22, 2019, she attended theiQIYI Ninth Anniversary Gala in Beijing,[106] with photos posted on herInstagram the next day. This was her first public event after the tax scandal; however, by the time she arrived, the media session had already ended. Her closed-door session included only industry VIPs, with no journalists present. Fan appeared on the cover of the July 2019 issue ofGrazia Korea.[107] Fan was in attendance at the Shanghai Beauty Summit on 12 July[108] and the 12th China Cosmetic Summit on 22 July.[109] On 27 September, Fan posted on Weibo photos of her attending a promotional event forHongqi E-HS9. However, she was conspicuously missing from the list of celebrity guests in the car company's publicity. She later deleted the post about Hongqi. On November 17, Fan presented an award at the "2020Ellemen Film Hero Awards Ceremony" for the animated filmLegend of Deification.
In the two years following her tax scandal until the end of 2020, as part of her efforts to pay the penalty, Fan filed over 200 infringement lawsuits in China, the majority of which she won. Some defendants, after losing their cases, appealed for a second trial, claiming that as a scandal-hit public figure, her image no longer held commercial value. However, these appeals were also unsuccessful.[110]
In April 2021, following Chinese actressZheng Shuang’s tax scandal, a Weibo user posted in defense of Fan: “I hope the authorities will release the full list of those who contributed to theCN¥11.7 billion in back taxes after Fan Bingbing’s case. Don’t single someone out and crush them completely—publish the entire list and rectify the issue systemically. Stop using the salary cap policy as a smokescreen to fool the audience. I believe exorbitant pay is a systemic issue, and solving it would be truly commendable.” Fan liked the post in Weibo but later unliked it and posted: “This world has never been fair. When you feel something is unfair, you need to accept it as normal. When you feel something is fair, you should consider yourself lucky.”[111]
Unlike many other convicted celebrities in China, after the tax scandal, Fan was allowed to maintain a social media presence, which she parlayed into a successful career running her personal brand, Fan Beauty. Founded not long before her tax scandal, Fan Beauty'sGMV surpassedCN¥300 million in 2021,CN¥800 million in 2022, andCN¥1.1 billion in 2023.[112][113]
In 2023, she starred in the Hong Kong-produced, South Korea-setindependent filmGreen Night (2023), directed by Chinese director Han Shuai. The film, which contains queer themes that would be banned in China, premiered in the Panorama section of the73rd Berlin International Film Festival, marking her return to the film industry after five years.[120] In September 2023, she served as a jury member at the71st San Sebastián International Film Festival.[121] In October 2023, she received the Cinema Icon Award at the 34thSingapore International Film Festival.[122] In November and December 2024, two of Fan‘s earlier films,Bodyguards and Assassins (2009) andSacrifice (2010), were screened in two themed retrospective exhibitions across China, marking the first time her works were shown in the country since her tax scandal.[123][124]
In February 2025, Fan joined the competition jury at the75th Berlin International Film Festival, presided over byTodd Haynes.[125] She played a widowed farmer and spiritual healer in the Malaysian independent filmMother Bhumi, directed byChong Keat Aun. The film was selected for the main competition section of the38th Tokyo International Film Festival,[126] and Fan's performance received critical acclaim. Elizabeth Kerr ofScreen Daily praised her for "working in the grittier mode she demonstrated inGreen Night,” noting that she “ably carriesMother Bhumi to its enigmatic conclusion."[127] Jordan Mintzer ofThe Hollywood Reporter believed Fan "does carry the movie from start to finish" for "playing a hardworking mother to a teenage daughter and son who suffer from years of hardship and political unrest."[128] Her performance in the film later earned her theGolden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress. The win made her the first major mainland Chinese actor to compete for and receive the award since it was boycotted by the Beijing government following a pro-Taiwan independence speech at the ceremony in 2018. Despite having expressed a strong desire to attend the ceremony in Taipei, Fan did not appear and instead delivered her acceptance speech by phone through the director on stage.[10] News of her win was heavily censored on Weibo and other Chinese social media platforms, with posts by both her studio and herself deleted.[129]
On 13 May 2010, Fan wore a "dragon robe" on the red carpet of the63rd Cannes Film Festival.[139][140] The dress, co-designed by Chinese designer Laurence Hsu and Fan herself, features two leaping dragons and crashing waves on the hem, in the bright yellow color that was exclusively used byemperors in ancient China. The dress was collected by theVictoria & Albert Museum in London on 12 March 2012.[141] Laurence Hsu announced that the dress shown at the museum is a modified version of the original, which was bought byMadame Tussauds.[142] On 11 May 2011, Fan wore a crane dress on the red carpet at the opening ceremony of the64th Cannes Film Festival.[143] On the red carpet of the opening ceremony of the65th Cannes Film Festival, Fan wore an elegant pale strapless gown designed by her friend Christopher Bu, decorated with bright floral designs and stories about theFour Beauties of ancient China.[144] Inspired by a porcelain vase, the ancient vibe of her dress was complemented by her hairstyle, which made her look like a young maiden in theTang dynasty.
In 2013, Fan became the first Asian celebrity ambassador for the Champagne HouseMoët & Chandon,[154][155] and also the brand ambassador forChopard.[67][156] On May 18, 2013, she was honoured as the International Artist of the Year in Cannes byThe Hollywood Reporter.[157] Fan joined the opening ceremony of2013 Cannes Film Festival premiere, wearing a customLouis Vuitton gown, and that was the first time the French fashion house had created a gown especially for an Asian actress.[158][70]
On July 3, 2023, Fan closed theGeorges Hobeika's Haute Couture Autumn/Winter 2023 show at Paris Haute Couture Week.[171] On October 2, 2023, Fan closed the closed out the catwalk for theMugler's Spring/Summer 2024 womenswear show.[172] In April 2024, Fan was invited as a special guest at theSongkran Festival in Thailand.[173] On 27 May 2024, it was announced that Fan was appointed asMalacca's tourism ambassador, she toured theMalaysian state from 14 June till 16 June.[174][175]
In 2001, Fan dated actor Han Qing after co-starring in the 2001 TV dramaLuan Shi Piao Ping.[176]
From 2004 to 2007, Fan dated actor Wang Xuebing after co-starring in the 2004 TV dramaJian Lin Tian Xia. Fan took a nine-month hiatus from acting to spend time with him.[177]
In 2013, romantic rumors surfaced about Fan andAarif Rahman after they filmedOne Night Surprise. In August 2014, while working together again onThe Empress of China, the TV series produced by Fan, the two were photographed sharing the same hotel room at night.[178] Fan suggested that they broke up around the end of 2014, while Rahman acknowledged that Fan and he had been in a relationship.[179][180]
On 29 May 2015, it was announced onLi Chen's social media that he and Fan were dating. On 16 September 2017, they were engaged after he proposed to her at her birthday party.[181] They announced their separation on 27 June 2019.[182] Fan explained in 2020 that she left him to protect him from the fallout of her tax scandal, which had affected both Li's career and her brotherFan Chengcheng's.[183]
In 2022, Fan began a relationship with Guo Yanfeng, a formerPLA officer who served as vice chairman of Gaosheng Wealth Group, aZhongzhi-affiliated firm, before becoming a business partner in her brand Fan Beauty. The two parted ways at the end of 2023.[184][185]
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