Liu Baoqi is a PGR Film Student at the University of Southampton. Her educational background includes an M.A. in Theatre and Chinese Traditional Opera from Renmin University of China and a B.A. in Dramatic Writing for Chinese Theatre from the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts. She has also taken part in an Exchange Program at Tel Aviv University. She has worked as a Research Assistant at the Chinese National Academy of Art and the Zhejiang Literature and Arts Creation and Research Center of Zhejiang Conservatory of Music.