Home >  Notable Citizens

  • 640 (7)_副本.jpg

    Wang Qin

    2024-09-14

    Wang Qin, a representative inheritor of Yangquan's colored dough modeling intangible cultural heritage, has skillfully blended this traditional Shanxi art with the popular game IP.

  • Four Yangquan athletes selected for 2024 Paris Olympics

    2024-06-28

    The National Sports Administration's sports management centers recently announced the roster for the 2024 Paris Olympics, with Yangquan city having four of its athletes selected.

  • Fan Meizhi

    2024-03-15

    Athlete Fan Meizhi from Yangquan, North China's Shanxi province, recently clinched the bronze medal in the women's team archery event at the 2024 National Archery Championship, which was held in Wenchang city, South China's Hainan province.

  • Zhao Nan

    2023-09-28

    Zhao Nan from Yangquan gained medal from the shooting event at the 19th Asian Games on Sept 27.

  • 8435e5dde71190efb67a4d419cb7131afffa60e0.webp.jpg

    Yangquan's taekwondo rising stars

    2023-08-01

    Two athletes from Yangquan city stood out in the taekwondo event at the Chengdu FISU World University Games, which took place on July 30.

  • 642e0f5fa31057c4b4b89937.jpeg

    Zhang Hongliang

    2023-04-06

    Shanxi province craftsman displays a passion for preserving and innovating a millennia-old earthenware pottery style.

  • 12879656_a63aac0b-dc22-4e74-9d71-1bcc818d126f_副本.jpg

    Hu Yicheng

    2022-11-22

    China won the gold medal in the women's team competition of the 2022 Trampoline and Tumbling Express World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.

  • Wang Ruigui

    2022-08-09

    Wang Rungui, chairman and general manager of Shanxi Yilin Chinese Herbal Medicine Planting Co based in the city of Yangquan, was one of the top 10 rural news figures in Shanxi province in 2021.

  • Ge Yinping

    2022-05-10

    From once being an ignorant apprentice who played with mud to becoming a master of arts and crafts, Ge Yinping – from Pingding county, administered by Yangquan city in North China's Shanxi province – has now passed on the millennium-old artistic technique of Pingding-carved porcelain for four decades.