"Faith Makes Great," an anthology TV series, recounts 40 stories of outstanding people from over the past 100 years, who advocated noble ideals and made important contributions to China's development.

Across 40 episodes, the TV series features the stories of those who have embodied the spirit of the Communist Party of China (CPC) over the past century. Famous actors Wang Kai, Jing Boran and Deng Lun, pop idols Wang Yibo and Wang Junkai, and actress Zhao Liying participated in the project, effectively bridging the gap between the older stories being told on screen and younger viewers. 

Gao Changli, director general of the TV series department with the National Radio and Television Administration, called the creation of the series a "big adventure" during a panel discussion held in Beijing on July 29, noting that "Faith Makes Great" is a groundbreaking TV drama. 

"First, no matter whether it is about the themes, contents, or forms, there should be bold innovations; second, it is necessary to explore the most touching stories in history and in life," he said, suggesting that "Faith Makes Great" works best when it threads these two philosophies. 

"Faith Makes Great" covers a diverse range of stories, from a young translator who first translated the Communist Manifesto into Chinese to steel workers shifting operations towards ice-surfacing for the Winter Olympics, as well as a cultural relic restoration team at the Forbidden City, protectors of the Yunnan Golden Monkey, and railway engineers. 

Fu Dongyu, general director of "Faith Makes Great," explained that the criteria for selecting stories were meant to reflect outstanding individuals whose actions strike the heart of the era in which they lived.

Famous literary and cultural critic Zhong Chengxiang noted, "The TV series adopts a typical anthology TV drama format and so has a special aesthetic advantage. It is in small perspective while exquisite and magnificent, which achieved a novel literary expression."

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