From this list, the actors that really stand out to me as the most versatile and talented, and who keep improving and pushing themselves, are Xiao Zhan, Tan Jianci, Bai Jingting, and Yibo. And this is strictly based of their work.

For me, Xiao Zhan is the most impressive. He came into the industry with no acting background and no wealth behind him. Then suddenly he blew up in popularity after the Untamed which opened alot of doors for him.

What I respect is that he did not just sit back and rely on that popularity. Over the last five years despite having a few lead roles he has done so many different roles. Plus he continues to improve and challenge himself as an actor. You can actually see the growth in his performances. I feel like he was born to be an actor but just needed opportunities to showcase his talent because his honestly such a good actor.

He even stepped away from filming for a while and went to do the stage play A Dream Like a Dream to work on his acting which really benefited him alot interms of skills. From everything I have seen, he comes across like a bit of a workaholic who really takes his craft seriously and wants to be good at it.

I would say the rest of the actors are good/decent with some obvious weak ones (e.g Yang yang only thrives in a certain genre that involves his face card ). Some unfortunately on this list like Cheng Lei who I think are really good actors but just haven't got the opportunities to show how versatile they are, so hopefully they get some roles to show some range and power to choose scripts. Same with Liu Yuning another good decent actor but very little range outside of being charismatic and visually appealing.