Shot over the course of ten years on both film and video, the film consists of a series of carefully composed tableaux of people and environments. Pedestrians shuffle across a bustling Beijing street, steelworkers linger outside a deserted factory, tourists laugh and scamper across a crowded beach, worshippers kneel to pray in a remote village. With a painterly eye for composition, Wang captures China as he sees it, calling to a temporary halt a land in a constant state of change.
You can now watch Chinese Portrait online on the following streaming providers in the United States.
| Sound | Valérie Loiseleux | Sound Designer |
| Editing | Valérie Loiseleux | Editor |
| Production | Liang Ying | Associate Producer |
| Production | Liu Xuan | Producer |
| Production | Isabelle Glachant | Producer |
| Camera | Zeng Jian | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Mikaël Barre | Sound Mixer |
| Camera | Wu Di | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Zeng Hui | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Wang Xiaoshuai | Director |
| Camera | Piao Xinghai | Director of Photography |
| Art | Lü Dong | Art Direction |
| Production | Qian Yini | Executive Producer |
