Wang Yuewen

Wang Yuewen (; born 1962) is a contemporary Chinese writer known for his popular novels in the anti-corruption genre. His 1999 novel, National Portrait (國畫), about municipal-level corruption in China became a sensation, spawning a craze in the genre. The novel received critical acclaim, despite being effectively banned by the government and only printing 105,000 copies.

A native of Huaihua, Hunan, Wang grew up in the countryside and attended Huaihua University when he was nineteen. Before becoming a full-time writer, Wang was a municipal and country-level civil servant in west Hunan, serving in the Xupu country government from 1984 to 1992. A TV adaptation of the novel written by Wang and directed by Zheng Xiaolong is currently in production.

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