Crime Crackdown

Crime Crackdown (Chinese: 扫黑风暴) is a 2021 Chinese crime drama series written by Du Liang and directed by Wu Bai, and starring Sun Honglei, Lay Zhang and Liu Yijun.

[1][2] Based on several real-life cases that shook China in the 2010s, the series picks up a national anti-gang supervising group and local police officers as they take on gangs and the corrupt officials that offer these illegal groups a "protective umbrella".

The series premiered on Dragon Television and Beijing TV on 9 August 2021.

[3] In May 2019, Huang Xing (黄星) and Li Yue (李跃) had joined the project as general producers.

They received support from the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission, which gave them access to case files.