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Hunan Weightlifter Luo Shifang
Luo Shifang, born in April 2001 in Guiyang, Hunan Province. As an outstanding weightlifter in the Hunan Weightlifting Women's 59kg Team, Luo has harvested a number of remarkable results.
More >Hunan Weightlifter Hou Zhihui
Hou Zhihui, born in Guiyang, Chenzhou in March 1997, is an outstanding weightlifter for women's 49kg in the Hunan Women's Weightlifting Team.
More >Sound of Tan Dun: How a Hunan Villager Grew into Academy and Grammy Award Winner
More >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.
More >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.
More >Xiang Jingyu
Xiang Jingyu (1895-1928) was a pioneer of the women's liberation movement, who founded China's national women's organization.
More >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.
More >Xiang Yanmei
Xiang Yanmei, a weightlifter born in Xiangxi, Hunan, won the women's 69kg weightlifting gold in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
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