diff --git a/src/pytest_html/result.py b/src/pytest_html/result.py
index a9313c17..d36c7672 100644
--- a/src/pytest_html/result.py
+++ b/src/pytest_html/result.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 class TestResult:
     def __init__(self, outcome, report, logfile, config):
-        self.test_id = report.nodeid.encode("utf-8").decode("unicode_escape")
+        self.test_id = report.nodeid
         if getattr(report, "when", "call") != "call":
             self.test_id = "::".join([report.nodeid, report.when])
         self.time = getattr(report, "duration", 0.0)
diff --git a/testing/test_pytest_html.py b/testing/test_pytest_html.py
index 88477556..8c6460f9 100644
--- a/testing/test_pytest_html.py
+++ b/testing/test_pytest_html.py
@@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@ def test_pass(utf8):
         )
         result, html = run(testdir)
         assert result.ret == 0
-        assert r"\u6d4b\u8bd5\u7528\u4f8b\u540d\u79f0" not in html
+        assert r"测试用例名称" not in html
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("is_collapsed", [True, False])
     def test_collapsed(self, testdir, is_collapsed):