When she took the middle school exam, she was admitted to Nankai Middle School as a top art student specializing in folk dance. On the eve of the college entrance examination, Chen Zixin did not choose to continue her education in the dance profession. After just three months of English training before the college entrance examination, Chen Zixin was admitted to the English Department of Foreign Studies of Chongqing University. The same year dropped out of school, to the cultural course of the first girl, the professional course of the second good results, admitted to the Beijing Film Academy undergraduate class of the Department of Acting; in this way into the film and television circle.
Chen Zixin has the bright personality of a Chongqing girl, with a charming and gentle appearance, but a straightforward character. Chen Zixin and Jiang Qinqin, Jin Qiaoqiao and known as the Nortel three flowers. Because of the successive appearances in the "Yan'an Hoeing", "Black Rose", "Secret Envoy" and other plays, Chen Zixin was named the queen of the spy war drama.