Sound of Tan Dun: How a Hunan Villager Grew into Academy and Grammy Award Winner

Liu Lingli: Helping Hearing-impaired Children "Hear" the World

Liu Lingli, a teacher at the Hengyang Special Education School in Hengyang City, Hunan Province, was on the list, commended for sticking to her post and devoting herself to enlightening special children with love for more than 30 years.

Yan Wenming

Chinese archaeologist Yan Wenming, born in Hunan Province, was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award during the fifth Shanghai Archaeology Forum (SAF), which marks the first time a Chinese scholar has received such recognition.

Xiang Jingyu

Xiang Jingyu (1895-1928) was a pioneer of the women's liberation movement, who founded China's national women's organization.

Ho Fengshan

Ho Fengshan was a Chinese diplomat in Vienna who risked his own life and career during World War II to save more than one thousand Jews.

Xiang Yanmei

Xiang Yanmei, a weightlifter born in Xiangxi, Hunan, won the women's 69kg weightlifting gold in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

Cao Yuan

Cao Yuan, born on 7 February 1995 in Changsha, Hunan, is a Chinese diver and an Olympic gold medalist. He won the gold in mens' 3m springboard at 2016 Rio Games.

Huang Yongyu

Huang Yongyu, born in 1924 in Changde County, Hunan Province, was a Chinese artist renowned for his creative woodblock prints, paintings and literary works.