BIGGER STAGE FOR GROWTH
The new era has provided Chinese youth with a stage for achieving growth and fulfilling their career goals, allowing young people to make achievements in various sectors and fields.
Yang Hongqiong, who won three gold medals at the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games, was born in a rural village in southwest China's Yunnan Province. At the age of 14, she fell down a hill and suffered a spinal cord injury, rendering her unable to stand or walk.
She took a turn for the better in 2014 after joining the wheelchair basketball team of Yunnan. She was later selected to join the national team for Para cross-country skiing.
Yang Hongqiong of China celebrates after the para cross-country skiing women's middle distance sitting final of Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics at National Biathlon Center in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, March 12, 2022. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)
"I deeply feel that the improved national strength and better treatment for people with disabilities have enabled many physically challenged people like me to participate in winter sports," Yang said, adding that they are more confident to realize their dreams on the international stage.
Miradil Mamtawla, a young man of the Uygur ethnic group, hails from a county located at the southern edge of China's largest desert, the Taklimakan. He founded a business selling specialties of his hometown while still a college student in Nanchang.
He stayed in the city after graduation and decided to expand his business by opening a restaurant. "It is the country's sound policies that changed my life," Miradil said.
Miradil Mamtawla (R) distributes food to a medical worker in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, March 21, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)
There are a large number of young entrepreneurs in China, just like Miradil. Among the founders of various market entities registered since 2014, more than 5 million are college students and fresh graduates.
New and rapidly rising industries and new business forms have given birth to a large number of new career options for young people in China, such as livestreaming hosts, and web writers.
Jiang Lianchao, a college graduate, chose to start his business in a small village in Hunan Province. With the help of Jiang, local villagers have turned to poultry farming. Recently, Jiang has started selling his products through livestreaming to expand the market.
Many young individuals of Jiang's age have taken the lead and shouldered important responsibilities in China's missions aiming to achieve key scientific breakthroughs. The average age of the core members of the research groups on the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System is 36; the corresponding figures are 35 for the quantum science satellite Mozi and 30 for the five-hundred-meter aperture spherical telescope Tianyan.
