[1] Situated in Beijing, it was founded in January 1955, with opera performer Mei Lanfang as the first president in its history.

[3] As China's premier Peking opera organization, the CNPOC comprises celebrated performers, playwrights, directors, composers and stage designers and has accumulated some of the finest repertoire of productions ranging over the wide diversity of Peking Opera performance styles as well as innovative pioneering works.

[4] For decades, the National Peking Opera Company has devoted tremendous resources in restoring and preserving existing operatic repertoires, as well as creating new works of the highest artistic quality.

First troupe[6] was previously led by current vice-president of the company, the celebrated laosheng-performer Yu Kuizhi.

[1] Its repertoire includes, Wild Pig Forest, Three Attacks on Zhu Village, At the Crossroad, Tale of the White Snake, The Mouth of Jiujiang River, Sun An Dong Ben, Xie Yaohuan, Mu Guiying in Command, Monkey King, Man Jiang Hong, The Red Lantern, Chuncao Entering the Court, Die Lian Hua, Nightmare at the Han Palace, Royal Envoy on Thin Horse，Princess Turandot, Lujiang River, Yi-shan Mountain[1] and one of its most famous works, Women Generals of the Yang Family.