Huang Shuqin, a native of Panyu in South China'sGuangdong Province, was born in Shanghai in 1940. Huang graduated from the Director Department ofBeijing Film Academyin 1964.

Huang's works are characterized by her focus on the common people. She thinks the movie could only resonate among the people when it expresses the joy and anger, pleasure and sorrow of the most ordinary people. Meanwhile, she follows her won sharp-cut artistic feature in the first place, and then tries to get the acknowledgement from the audience.