Name: Haifeng's Piano: How music makes a boy with autism shine bright
Uploaded: 2026-06-30T14:55:11+08:00
Duration: 1 min 25 s
Description: For Haifeng, the piano became a beam of light that illuminated his isolated world - a light fueled by a family's unwavering, daily devotion, and a spirit that refused to ever back down.

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Diagnosed with autism at age three, Shu Haifeng lacked the muscle tone in his fingers to even manage a simple thumbs-up by age four. Back then, no one could have imagined that over a decade later, he would stand on the stage of the Beijing Winter Olympics 300-day countdown - his fingers flying across the keys in a brilliant four-hand piano duet with Chinese virtuoso Lang Lang.

For Haifeng, the piano became a beam of light that illuminated his isolated world - a light fueled by a family's unwavering, daily devotion, and a spirit that refused to ever back down.

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Executive Producer: Zhang Jingwen

Producer: Yang Sha

Director&Editor: Zhao Ying

Videographers: Zhang Chao, Yan Jingwei, Chang Ruixiang, Zhao Ying

Cover Image Designer: Liu Shaozhen

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