Hui Minli is an inheritor of Qinqiang Opera, one of the items of China's national intangible cultural heritage, and widely considered the most popular form of traditional opera in Northwestern China, particularly in Shaanxi province. Hui in 2009 became the first woman head of Yisushe, one of the oldest art troupes in China. During the past four decades, she has devoted herself to performing, promoting and developing — innovatively — Qinqiang Opera.
