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Ｔalented youth aims high 
 Ｒui Ｃhengang , winner of Ｇlobal Ｌeaders forＴomorrow by the Ｗorld Ｅconomic Ｆorum, welcomes a promising future under the challenge of globalization Ｒui Ｃhenggang in Ｆebruary became one of the two youngest people ever to be awarded the title of Ｇlobal Ｌeaders for
Ｔomorrow (ＧＬＴ) by the Ｗorld Ｅconomic Ｆorum．
"Ａfter winning the award, Ｉ feel much pressed," said Ｒui, an anchor, director and occasional reporter for the business news show on Ｃhina Ｃentral ＴＶ (ＣＣＴＶ) Ｃhannel ４ and ９ that targets international viewers．
"Ｔhough the title is named for leaders for tomorrow, many of the prize winners are already the leaders in many fields," said Ｒui, "Ｃomparatively speaking, Ｉ am still very junior．"
Ｓtill, this honour will open new doors for Ｒui because he will socialize with the other ５００ winners at various upcoming gatherings and workshops．
Ｈe is, indeed, in esteemed company． Ｗinners include the heads of ＡＴ&Ｔ, Ｙahoo．com and
Ａmazon．com as well as Ｃhinese economists such as Ｆan Ｇang． Ｏthers include renowned statesmen and global cultural stars like Ａmerican film star and director Ｊodi Ｆoster．
"Ｉ can develop myself by talking and working with them, and they will become excellent sources for my programmes," Ｒui said,” Ｉ am excited at becoming a member in this group．"
Ｒui, who was born in Ｓhanghai, and raised in Ｅast Ｃhina's Ａnhui Ｐrovince, graduated from Ｂeijing Ｆoreign Ａffairs Ｕniversity． Ｔhat free-thinking and open-minded academic atmosphere helped Ｒui develop．
Ａ talented debater and speaker, Ｒui was often elected to be the representative of students to debate politicians who visited the school．
Ｔhe list of such luminaries he chatted with or debated includes former Ｉsraeli Ｐrime ,
Ｍinister Ｓhimon Ｐeres, former Ｕnited Ｎations Ｓecretary-Ｇeneral Ｂoutros-Ｂoutros Ｇhali,
Ｓouth Ｋorean Ｐresident Ｋim Ｄae-jung and former ＵＳ Ｓpeaker of the Ｈouse Ｎewt Ｇingrich．
Ｇhali made the biggest impression on Ｒui, who credited it with inspiring him to become a journalist． Ｉn that talk, Ｇhali joked that if there were a sixth permanent seat on the ＵＮ
Ｓecurity Ｃouncil, it would belong to ＣＮＮ because its news judgment affects the views of people all over the world． "Ｉn my understanding, what he referred to is actually not only ＣＮＮ, but all the mass media, which can play such as an important function in people's lives," Ｒui said．
Ｔhat's why after graduation, he refused several offers for graduate studies at Ｅuropean and
Ａmerican universities to instead join ＣＣＴＶ Ｃhannel ４ as a business reporter． Ｈe preferred to make his career here in Ｃhina because he has relatives in foreign countries who told him of the difficulties of being different overseas． "Ｆrom them, Ｉ understand what helplessness one can feel if they can not be accepted by the mainstream society and culture," Ｒui said． "Ｉ don't like the feeling of being a person living on the edge of the culture．" Ｌooking back to his brief working career of less than three years, Ｒui is ever more certain he made the right choice． "Ｉt made me know Ｃhina more and also know myself more," he said． Ｈis ascension has been swift from rookie who didn't know how to do his make-up or pose to experienced reporter interviewing a minister-level official, to an anchor and director for two channels．
Ｒui explains that his keen understanding of the economic issues and viewer psychology helped his rise． Ｈe doesn't worry that he is overexposed by being on ＴＶ so much because most viewers care more about the economic trends that affect their lives, such as whether Ｓino-ＵＳ trade is going smoothly．
"Ｔhis is one advantage of being an anchor for international channels," Ｒui said． "Ｔhere isn't much gossip, for example in the media, about my appearance or my flips of the tongue．" Ｔhis Ｆebruary when he traveled to Ｓwitzerland for the prize, he was recognized by two foreign viewers from another country． Ｔhis was very flattering, he said．
Ｗhile in Ｓwitzerland, Ｒui saw first-hand the controversy surrounding globalization that he regularly reports on． Ｔhe honours were guarded by police officers because of mass protests against the globalization of the world economy, a hot topic at the same meeting．
"Ｉt is not a matter of being right or wrong for the world economy to be globalized," Ｒui said． "Ｉt is a fact and we should accept it as natural．"
Ｈe decided he must do more programmes on the subject to teach the Ｃhinese public what it means and how to prepare for it． "Ｔhere are not yet many protests in Ｃhina, since the country is not yet globalized," he said． "Ｂut the day is approaching when problems, such as national identity, will face Ｃhinese soon．"
Ｒui didn't get where he is without hard work, and he considers himself a thorough workaholic． Ｈe's especially busy since ＣＣＴＶ launched Ｃhannel ９, which features ２４-hours of Ｅnglish news programming．
Ｈe directs the Ｅnglish financial news and Ｂiz Ｃhina broadcast at the top of every hour and anchor the live news programmes twice a day on Ｃhannel ４． Ｂesides, he flies from Ｂeijing to
Ｓhanghai as often as once a month． "Ｎo one is doing real business programmes if he doesn't go to Ｓhanghai at least once a month," Ｒui said．
Ｔhe schedule is so grueling that sometimes he spends his weekends on his couch with a bag of snacks． Ｎow, with his prize in hand, he is conjuring up "many new and exciting ideas" motivating him to "act, act and act．" Ａside from his ＣＣＴＶ work, Ｒui began a charity programme with a blind Ｇerman girl Ｓabriye Ｔenberken, to raise funds for blind children in Ｔibet Ａutonomous
Ｒegion． Ｈe is also starting a cultural fund to support the development of classical music in
Ｂeijing．
( Ｂy Ｔa Ｔa, Ｓhanghai Ｓtar． )
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