With happiness and sadness, 2015 is coming to a close. We have collected some of this year’s beautiful Chinese stories to look back on  the year. We hope that these stories about ordinary people give you warmth,strength and courage in the coming year. We’re always here cheering your every step forward.

     1. Four-year-old double amputee’s wish for “wings”. Xiao Feng wished for “a pair of wings” to help him fly after an accident two years ago. The accident made him lose both of his legs. China Eastern Airlines helped realize the four-year-old’s wish, when it made the boy a “pilot” for the day. Xiao Feng took a tour of a plane, and even visited the cockpit,taking a seat alongside the pilot, February 4, 2015.

     2. Marathon couple: Never too old to run. Wang Zhangmin is 69 years old, and her husband Hu Yingfu is 78. Since 2013, the year they first ran in marathon, they have taken part in more than 20 such runs in Beijing, Shanghai,Hong Kong and other cities. Now they have become famous among runners throughout the country. The old couple said, “Life is like a marathon, running not only brings health, but also happiness. We will go on running all over the country in the future to make the health and happiness continue.”