Zhao Haiqing, the 36-year-old village official in Beichuan County of Sichuan Province, is selected as the one of the top ten Outstanding Chinese Youth of the Year on Dec. 7, 2008. The ten people were selected out of 30 candidates throughout the nation. The awarding ceremony will be held in January 2009. (Xinhua Photo)
Zhao Haiqing's story touched millions of Chinese after his hometown in Beichuan County of Sichuan Province was deadly struck by an 8.0-magnitude earthquake on May 12.
The 36-year-old village official, also injured in the quake, led fellow villagers to rescue 67 people trapped under debris and transport over 2,100 injured people to hospitals. However, he lost six family members including his son and parents in the earthquake, said a CCTV report.
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