Reporters learned at 13:00 that the famous director and actor Xiao-Han Ding passed away on the 12th due to myocardial infarction at the young age of 42. Xiao-Han Ding directed many domestic situation comedy TV series such as "Happy Telecommunications Street" and "Don't Treat Mung Beans as Trivial as Dry Grain". A tipster revealed that he once worked for the Harbin Theatre.
On the night of the 11th, while Xiao-Han Ding was discussing the script with the actors, he began to feel very unwell. His staff then sent him to the hospital but he died after unsuccessful emergency treatment. Xiao-Han Ding has no siblings, has been married for ten years and has no children. His 81-year-old father is currently hospitalized and his mother is already 79. The two elders have not yet been informed of their son's death. Xiao-Han Ding was born in Harbin, once worked for the Harbin Theatre, and later transferred to Beijing to work for China Railway Art Troupe. Relevant departments are preparing aftermath work and the time of the memorial service has yet to be determined.