Well-known Chinese film actress?Zhang?Ziyi and singer Wang Feng announced their divorce on Monday. “After eight years of marriage, we have decided to dissolve our marriage after careful consideration and deliberation,” the two wrote in a joint statement on social media. Photo: Sina Weibo

Well-known Chinese film actress Zhang Ziyi and singer Wang Feng announced their divorce on Monday. "After eight years of marriage, we have decided to dissolve our marriage after careful consideration and deliberation," the two wrote in a joint statement on social media.

In the future, they will raise and accompany the children as family and remain the most trusted parents of the children despite this being the end of their marriage, the once-high-profile celebrity couple noted.

"Wang and Zhang are indeed divorced," a blogger reported earlier. "Wang is raising their daughter and Zhang is raising their son." The last time they were seen in public together was on September 9, when they took their children to dinner.

The bombshell news immediately topped the list of trending searches on the Chinese social media platform Sina Weibo, with more than 520 million views as of the press time.

In addition, according to people familiar with the matter, the amount of property divided between the two is as high as 3.5 billion yuan ($4.77 billion). Zhang, 44, is an actress famous for Hollywood films such as Ang Lee'sCrouching Tiger and Hidden Dragonand Wong Kar-wai's more recentThe Grandmaster. Wang, 52, is a popular rock singer and songwriter.

Zhang and Wang first started dating in 2013, and the two officially announced their relationship at the end of 2013 when Wang declared his love for Zhang at a concert. Zhang said "yes" to a marriage proposal from her boyfriend, musician Wang Feng during a party celebrating Zhang's 36th birthday in February, 2015. The couple's daughter was born at the end of the same year and Zhang posted a group photo of the three of the family. Their second child, a son, was born in 2020.

The two have repeatedly expressed their love for each other in high-profile posts on social media. "We have experienced happiness and bitterness. I hope you, Ziyi, will always be happy. Even when we're both old, I will still take care of you," Wang said as he took a knee and offered Zhang a 9.15 carat diamond ring in the marriage proposal.

Zhang Ziyi is Wang Feng's third wife, and he has an older daughter from his previous relationship in addition to a son and a daughter they have together. After the marriage, Zhang Ziyi took care of their eldest daughter ,spending a lot of time with her.

Before met Wang, Zhang was in a long-term relationship and engaged to Israeli billionaireVivi Nevo until they split in late 2010 after being together for three years.

Global Times