| The Qin Empire III | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Also known as | The Chin Empire - Rise |
| Traditional Chinese | 大秦帝國之崛起 |
| Simplified Chinese | 大秦帝国之崛起 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Dà Qín Dìguó zhī Juéqǐ |
| Genre | Historical drama |
| Developed by | Jiao Yang |
| Screenplay by | Zhang Jianwei Qian Jierong |
| Story by | Sun Haohui |
| Directed by | Ding Hei Bao Chengzhi |
| Creative director | Ding Guoli |
| Presented by | Li Yuan Wang Fubao Li Yaojie |
| Starring | Ning Jing Zhang Bo Xing Jiadong Lu Ning Yang Zhigang Zhao Chunyang Shen Jiani Wu Liansheng |
| Ending theme | Jueqi (崛起) performed by Tan Jing / Chen Bing |
| Composers | Zhao Jiping Zhao Lin |
| Country of origin | China |
| Original language | Mandarin |
| No. of episodes | 40 (original version) 34 (CCTV version) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | He Xiaoli He Jindong Lu Dongzhang Fan Chongjun Liu Ximin Han Gang |
| Producers | Chen Jili Liu Juntao |
| Production location | China |
| Cinematography | Zhang Chaoying |
| Editor | Wang Yuwei |
| Running time | 45 minutes per episode |
| Production company | Xi’an Qujiang Chin Empire Film&TV Investment |
| Original release | |
| Network | CCTV-1 |
| Release | 9 February – 6 March 2012 |
| Related | |
| The Qin Empire II: Alliance (2012) | |
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The Qin Empire III is a 2017 Chinese television series based on Sun Haohui's novel of the same Chinese title, which romanticizes the events in China during the Warring States period primarily from the perspective of the Qin state under King Zhaoxiang. It was first aired on CCTV-1 in mainland China in 2017. It was preceded by The Qin Empire (2009) and The Qin Empire II: Alliance (2012) and followed by The Qin Empire IV (2019), which were also based on Sun Haohui's novels.