In 2023，a group of young people did great in literature(文学)，sports，astronomy(天文学) and more. They became role models for young Chinese. Here，let's share three of their stories.
| Showing Excellence on the International Stage Cui Chenxi became China's youngest-ever Asian Games gold medalist(金牌获得者)after the 15-year-old skateboarder won the women's street event at the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2022 on Sept. 27. Cui only took up skateboarding in2020. Within a year，she took part in professional-level events. Earlier in 2023，Cui got the 30th spot in the women's street event at the World Street Skateboarding Championships. |
| Winning an International Sci-fi(科幻的)Award Chinese writer Hai Ya was born in 1990. His sci-fi novel The Space-Time Painter won the Hugo Award(雨果奖)on Oct. 21. He is the third Chinese writer to win this big award. When creating The Space-Time Painter ， Hai Ya drew his idea from a famous painting-A Panorama of Rivers and Mountains(《千里江山图》). Hai Ya's works mix history and science fiction. They find a perfect balance in his novels. |
| Flying to Space On Dec. 21，Shenzhou XⅦ crew members made their first spacewalk outside the Tiangong space station. Tang Shengjie was one of them. He wanted to be an astronaut from a young age. At the age of 34，he became the youngest Chinese astronaut to go on a spacewalk. In July，2008，Tang joined the Aviation University of Air Force. That was his first step towards becoming a "blue sky warrior(蓝天勇士)". |
