Documentary sheds light on the new era

Sadly, after more than 20 years of working at the site, the chief scientist and engineer of the project passed away last year due to lung cancer.

Like him, the film salutes many other heroes supporting the country's progress in science.

Amazing China also focuses on common people.

And, from improvement in people's livelihoods and enhancing ecological protection, to nurturing of the creative industry and opening up to foreigners－the film shows many examples of individual efforts and how that makes the country collectively march toward to a promising future.

Through the film, a path of innovative, coordinated, green, open and shared development, as projected by China's leadership, thus becomes visible.

In the film, you see a young Tibetan woman volunteering in rural areas to help people eradicate poverty.

And, you also see a successful entrepreneur from the coastal Fujian province who settles in the Gobi Desert, in northwest China, take up a new career growing grapes.

The movie shows that their work is not easy, but their spirit and unwavering belief make it possible to achieve their targets. And, they are just representative of the many Chinese who work as hard.

China is the world's second-largest economy. But the country still faces "the contradiction between unbalanced and inadequate development and the people's ever-growing needs for a better life", as stated in the CPC's 19th National Congress in November. However, as this cinematic production proves, the documentary is a good way for the country to boost self-confidence and to aspire for a brighter future.

Parts of Amazing China were taken from a popular six-episode TV documentary of the same English title, which was broadcast on CCTV last year.

The TV documentary was rated 8.5 out of 10 on Douban, a major film review website.

Speaking about how the TV documentary was adapted for the big screen, Qi Guangquan, the chief supervisor of the economy channel of CCTV, says it is a good example of using brilliant TV footage.

"The soundtrack, editing and postproduction make the film appealing," he says.

"The documentary sheds light on people behind the achievements. Each one is a builder of the Chinese Dream."

The country's energy, which is conveyed through Amazing China, can be felt in film industry as well.

By the end of February, China had 53,824 movie screens, including 47,466 for three-dimensional productions－surpassing North America, which had the most screens earlier.

And the gross box-office revenue from Chinese cinemas in February hit 10 billion yuan ($1.58 billion).