Guo Jia

China | Senior Culture Journalist, Theatre Critic
Guo Jia is a leading Chinese cultural journalist and theatre critic, and a board member of the Chinese section of the International Association of Theatre Critics (IATC). A graduate of Peking University, she currently serves as Head of Culture and Video at Beijing Youth Daily. For over two decades, Guo has reported on theatre for Beijing’s most influential youth-oriented media outlet.
She has served as juror for numerous prestigious platforms including the Beijing People’s Art Theatre Showcase, Beijing University Students Theatre Festival, CCTV National Youth Peking Opera Competition, and more. Her writing has received multiple Beijing Journalism Awards, and she is a frequent cultural correspondent at the Olympic Games. Guo has also produced and curated many theatre projects funded by national and municipal cultural foundations. In 2018, she launched the first cultural livestream channel within mainstream Beijing media, expanding theatre discourse through multimedia storytelling.