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Beijing

Musical celebrates hero

The story of Jiao Yulu (1922-1964), a devoted county Party chief and a symbolic hero who dedicated himself to the improvement of local people's lives and the development of Lankao county in Henan province in the early 1960s, has been adapted into a musical and will be staged in Beijing. Performed by actors from China Opera, the musical follows how Jiao led the local people to pull the county out of poverty and backwardness. Jiao died at 42 from liver cancer and was buried in Lankao.