Nie Er (1912-1935), formerly known as Nie Shouxin, also known as Ziyi (also known as Ziyi), was a Chinese musician and the composer of the National Anthem "March of the Volunteers" of the People's Republic of China. He composed dozens of revolutionary songs, and a series of his works influenced Chinese music for decades. His music creation has a distinct sense of the times, serious thought, high national spirit and outstanding artistic creativity. It pointed out the direction for the development of China's proletarian revolutionary music and set an example for Chinese music creation. His main works are as follows:

1932: "March" (harmonica music), "Waltz", "Family Love" (song and dance music)

1933: "Mining Song" , "Song of Hungry and Cold", "Song of Selling Newspapers"

1934: "Out of the Photography Studio", "A Female Star", "Snow Flying Flowers", "Spring Dawn on Green Lake", "A Female Star" ", "Snowflakes Flying", "Spring Dawn on Green Lake", "Dance of Snakes", "Zhaojun Hefan", "The Voice of Selling Newspapers", "Little Wild Cats", "Brick Breaking Song", ((Dockworker), "Coolie Song", "Graduation Song", "Song of the Road", "Pioneer of the Road", "Flying Flower Song"

1935: Composed the music for "March of the Volunteers", and then went to Beijing to avoid being pursued by the Kuomintang government. Study in Japan. Other representative works include "Farewell to Nanyang", "Spring is Back", "Song of Comfort", "Mei Niang Song", "Escape Song", "Village Girl Beyond the Great Wall", "Strike on the Yangtze River", "Song of Picking Lings" , "Singing Girl Under the Iron Heel", "March of the Volunteers", "Untitled (Thunder)", "Little Workers", "Song of the Wounded Soldier", "Song of White Snow", "Song of Tea Picking", "Love Song of Tea Mountain"

Nie Er was the first revolutionary to write the national anthem of the Communist Party of China; the first composer to write songs for the Chinese nation and the working people of China and create the image of the Chinese proletariat in the songs. ; The first to use film music to arouse the people, the film musician to build the Great Wall of flesh and blood, and the composer to convey revolutionary ideals in the form of mass songs; the first to use the form of art songs to shape the image of Chinese working women; the first to use the form of art songs to create the image of Chinese working women; The form of children's songs calls for composers in new China.