Here are 19 stories from everyday people of renown, of their winding paths and personal strivings growing up in a New China. Listen to these fascinating voices of success in wide endeavors, including officials, diplomats, entrepreneurs, writers, artists, athletes and scholars. Though born at different periods from the 1940s through the 1980s, these unique yet representative stories of stars flash vivid light on China's advances through these six decades.

About the editor in chief

Huang Youyi is a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, vice president and editor-in-chief of China International Publishing Group, president of the China Internet Information Center, vice chairman and secretary-general of the Translators' Association of China, and vice president of the International Federation of Translators (FIT). His major translation works include Fire at the Vanity Fair, George C. Marshall, Uncrowned King, Social Insurance Institution in China, China's Entry into WTO and Economic Reforms, Xi'an, An Ancient Capital City of China, The Great Wall of China, Travel in China, Chinese Jade, and Selection of The Strange Tales from A Lonely Studio.