"The first flight I took in my life was to China. Now I've been living here for 40 years," said Andrea Cavazzuti, an Italian, during his interview with CGTN. He majored in Chinese back in Italy and came to China to improve his Chinese. He has stayed for 40 years. As a photographer and a documentary director, he traveled all around China and captured the tremendous transformation over the decades through his lens. 

Story editor: Wang Naiqian, Feng Ran 

Cameramen: Ma Tianwen

Video editing: Feng Ran 

Executive producer: Bi Jianlu 

Supervisor: Mei Yan

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