The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, which this year is September 21. China Media Group's (CMG) 2021 Mid-Autumn Festival Gala was broadcast overseas for the first time on Tuesday night. 

Besides singers and actors, the gala also featured some special guests, such as 2020 Tokyo Olympic champions in women's quadruple sculls rowing Chen Yunxia, Zhang Ling, Lv Yang, and Cui Xiaotong, and 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics speed skating champion Zhang Hong, who performed the song "Running to You with All My Heart."