For Xu Li, home is where the heart is

You can leave your hometown, but your hometown will never leave you. This sentiment forms the core theme of the recently aired documentary, Where I Was Born and Raised.

The documentary unfolds as Xu Li, a distinguished anchor born in Hunan province, sets out on a journey to visit 10 accomplished fellow townspeople from diverse fields, probing into the profound ways in which memory, experience, and a sense of connection to their hometown persistently shape and define the very fabric of their being.

These fellow townspeople include playwright Liu Heping, vocalist Lei Jia, Zhou Qifeng, an academician with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhou Jianping, the chief designer of China's manned space program, Li Zexiang, an expert in robotics and automation, dancer Shen Wei, painter Li Zijian, as well as other notable figures with roots in Hunan.