Modern Chinese romantic dramas have continued to dominate streaming platforms in recent years, with iQIYI becoming home to many of the genre’s most beloved titles. From healing romances to second-chance romances, to office relationships and childhood friend-to-lover narratives, these dramas continue to attract large audiences around the world.
Here are six of the most popular Chinese romantic dramas currently receiving heavy attention on iQIYI.
1. Road home
With Tan Songyun and Jing Boran, Road home tells the emotional story of Gui Xiao and Lu Yancheng, former first loves separated by family circumstances and long-distance challenges during their youth.
Ten years later, they reunite as adults: Lu Yancheng now works as a police bomb disposal officer while Gui Xiao pursues a career in finance. Their reunion slowly rekindles old feelings in a sweet, emotionally rich romance praised for its mature storytelling and natural chemistry.
2. The best thing
Starring Zhang Linghe and Xu Ruohan, this healing romance follows Shen Xifan, a successful hotel manager who struggles emotionally after a painful breakup.
While receiving treatment for insomnia, he meets the calm and compassionate traditional medicine doctor He Suyie. What begins as a doctor-patient relationship gradually evolves into a comforting love story focused on emotional healing and mutual understanding.
3. Meet yourself
Often praised as one of the most comforting Chinese dramas of recent years, Meet yourself starring Liu Yifei and Li Xian.
After losing her best friend, Xu Hongdou leaves the city behind and travels to the peaceful countryside of Dali, Yunnan. There he meets Xie Zhiyao, a man who abandoned his high-paying job in the city to start a tourism business in his hometown. In a beautiful rural setting, the two slowly find healing, balance and love.
4. Love is sweet
This office romance stars Luo Yunxi and Bai Lu as Jiang Jun and Yuan Shuai, two professionals working in the competitive investment industry.
Jiang Jun is ambitious but suffers from a rare allergy triggered by tears, while Yuan Shuai is a cold but highly respected investment expert. Although their relationship begins with conflict and tension in the workplace, the two eventually develop one of the most beloved love stories in modern C-drama.
5. You are my secret
Blending romance and disaster relief themes, this drama follows celebrity Qin Fei and Doctor Xing Zhizhi, who reconnect while volunteering in a rescue mission area.
The series has been praised for combining emotional maturity with a refreshing humanitarian context, allowing the characters’ relationship to develop naturally through shared hardship and understanding.
6. Meetings in the kitchen
Starring Zhao Lusi and Lin Yushen, this lighthearted romantic comedy centers on Gu Shengnan, a talented young chef, and Lu Jin, a demanding businessman with extremely refined tastes.
Their constant clashes gradually evolve into affection, creating a fun enemies-to-lovers dynamic that viewers have found charming and compelling.
