Song of an Ordinary Man: Chen Youren

Author: China Shipping (Group) Corporation, Communist Youth League Shanghai Committee, Shanghai Hope Project Office
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Publishing Date: 2006-04-01
Features: "The Song of an Ordinary Person" by Chen Youren is a collection jointly compiled by China Shipping (Group) Corporation, the Communist Youth League Shanghai Municipal Committee, and the Shanghai Hope Project Office. It mainly includes more than 30 exclusive reports from the newspaper, as well as 90 letters written by Chen Youren to Pu Yanyan, a Hunan Dong girl he helped through the student aid program. The collection fully showcases the moving stories of Chen Youren, a police officer and Communist Party member from the Shanghai Shipping Bureau, who practices the socialist concept of honor and disgrace. His ordinary life, though lacking extraordinary achievements, reflects the great spirit of an "ordinary person" through his dedication to his job and willingness to help others.