"Tai Chi is welcomed by people from all around the world as a scientific way of body-building," said Chen Zhenglei, one of China's leading contemporary Tai Chi masters.

"As teachers in rural schools, we taught the children at school during the day, then did our own farm-work and housework after work, or on weekends," said Li Xinyun.

"I gained more than 100 trophies and over 100 medals. My love towards bodybuilding kept increasing," said Yang Xinmin, a fitness instructor who is of the first batch of Chinese people to take up bodybuilding.

"After graduating from a workers' university in 1977, I began to design independently," said car designer Lv Wenshu. "For most women of my age, I'm very different, indeed."

"Triage. Call for help. Press down. Defibrillate. Those are the four steps of CPR," said Jia Dacheng, a retired doctor and a volunteer in promoting first aid for over 30 years. "My favorite things in life are saving people and teaching others how to save people," he added.

"To operate a university jointly established by China and the U.S. is good for the whole world and human civilization," said Yu Lizhong, the chancellor of Shanghai New York University.

"This collection doesn't just belong to me; it belongs to everyone in our country," said Jin Tiehua, the founder of Beijing's first community museum for Red relics, objects that represent the history of the Communist Party of China.