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Homeland Guardian (守诚者)

Homeland Guardian (守诚者; also written 守城者) is a 2025 Chinese crime and police suspense television series about Hong Kong police officers who uncover a plot by foreign forces to attack Hong Kong's financial system. It stars Jordan Chan, Aarif Rahman, Han Xue, and Simon Yam, was directed by Luo Yong Chang (罗永昌) and Liu Shun An (刘顺安), and ran for 24 episodes from 3 July 2025 on iQiyi and Beijing TV.¹^•²

Key fact	Detail
Original title	守诚者 (Shou Cheng Zhe); alternate title 守城者¹
Genre	Crime, police, action, suspense¹
Episodes / runtime	24 episodes of about 45 minutes, aired nightly at 19:30¹^•³
Premiere	3 July 2025, iQiyi (exclusive streaming) and Beijing TV²
Lead cast	Jordan Chan (He Haohui), Aarif Rahman (Shao Zijun), Han Xue (Lin Weiyan), Simon Yam (Zhao Shaotang), Peter Ho as the gangster Zhou Xiong¹^•⁴
Directors / writers	Luo Yong Chang and Liu Shun An; screenwriters Chen Wen Qiang, Ma Yan, Ma Shuai, Fu Xiaopu, Su Bing¹
Filming	March to September 2023²
Language versions	Mandarin and Cantonese released simultaneously⁵

Spoilers

Plot

The story centers on He Haohui (何浩辉), a legendary officer of the Hong Kong police force known as one of the "Three Tigers of O" (O记三虎) alongside his mentor Fok Kai-chuen (霍启泉) and his junior Chan Yiu-yeung (陈耀扬). During an operation to save his mentor, He falls into a trap set by the gangster Zhou Xiong (周雄), played by Peter Ho, and overnight goes from rising star to a disgrace to the police force.⁶

Reassigned as leader of Emergency Unit vehicle No. 3, He works at the front line with the young officer Shao Zijun (邵子俊), the veteran driver Zhao Shaotang (赵绍棠), and other colleagues, and through cases such as the Gordon murder case, the blue list case, and a tycoon kidnapping case he gains insight into the mastermind behind the Zhou Xiong affair.⁷^•⁴ The Hong Kong government then forms a special operations team, which He and Shao join. After multiple hardships they crack the case and thwart a plot by foreign forces to target Hong Kong's financial system and undermine "one country, two systems"; He avenges his mentor, clears his name, and safeguards Hong Kong's prosperity and stability.⁶^•³

The reporter Lin Weiyan (林蔚言), played by Han Xue, and the business elite Lin Tao (林涛), played by Kent Tong, join the police in the fight; in the finale Lin Weiyan's reporting exposes the truth of the Gupta case, showing that Gupta and Kevin were killed at the same time by the criminals and clearing Gupta of the charge of fleeing to evade responsibility.⁷^•⁴

Cast

Jordan Chan (陈小春) as He Haohui, the disgraced O-branch legend¹
Aarif Rahman (李治廷) as Shao Zijun, a young officer¹
Han Xue (韩雪) as Lin Weiyan, a reporter¹
Simon Yam (任达华) as Zhao Shaotang, a veteran Emergency Unit driver¹
Peter Ho (何润东) as Zhou Xiong, the gangster whose trap destroys He's career⁴
Supporting cast includes Lynn Hung, Loretta Lee, Christine Ng, Carl Ng, Chan Wai Man, Waise Lee, and Kent Tong¹

Chan Wai Man plays Zhong Bo (钟伯), full name Zhong Zhihua, an elder of the triad society Longxing She who cooperates with the police by luring Zhou Xiong into an offline deal; his exposed information lets Zhou prepare in advance, the operation fails, and the officer Fok Kai-chuen is fatally wounded. After Zhou escapes he kills Zhong Bo to silence him, and Zhong dies protecting a USB drive.⁸

Production

The series was produced by Beijing Chunqiu Hong Culture Communication, with Bauhinia Culture Group and iQiyi as co-presenters and Beijing Radio and Television Station, Beijing Fanyi Culture, and the Qingdao Main Melody Culture Investment Center as co-producers; Wu Zheng and Liu Yan served as chief producers.²^•⁷ Screenwriter Chen Wen Qiang's earlier credits include Kung Fu Hustle and Flirting Scholar; co-director Liu Shun An's earlier credits include The Return of the Condor Heroes and The Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain.⁶ Filming ran from March to September 2023, and the drama received distribution approval number (沪)网剧审字（2024）第025号.²

According to promotional material, the main events are adapted from real cases, and the production worked to reproduce details of Hong Kong police uniforms and the financial workplace.² A companion documentary of the same name, announced in March 2023 at the Hong Kong International Film and TV Market as one of the first five projects of the Greater Bay Area Original Documentary Development Plan, reconstructs real case investigations from a first-person perspective.⁹

Broadcast and reception

The drama premiered on 3 July 2025, streaming exclusively on iQiyi and simulcast on Beijing TV's quality drama slot at 19:30 nightly; iQiyi members received two new episodes per day with a four-episode premiere, and both Mandarin and Cantonese versions were released together.²^•⁵ The 24-episode run ended on 12 July 2025.³ A Hong Kong broadcast on TVB Jade was scheduled from 16 December 2025, weekdays at 8:30 pm.² The series was also made available overseas, including a dual-language release on Astro¹⁰ and streaming on TVBAnywhere North America.¹¹

On the heat-value metrics used by Chinese streaming platforms, the drama peaked at 8520.53 on Maoyan on 4 July 2025 and 5374 on iQiyi on 9 July 2025.² Viewer ratings on aggregator sites were mixed: DramaWiki users gave it 3.00 out of 5 from two votes, while iQiyi's page showed a 6.9 score and TVmao an 8.2 from 40 raters.¹^•⁴^•¹²

References

Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026