Pioneer worked hard to gain public acceptance of IVF

Despite initial rejection, doctor still soldiered on after seeing many couples struggle to conceive

For thousands of infertile couples in China and abroad, doctor Huang Guoning is the savior of their family dream.

Huang, 60, is considered one of the pioneers in reproductive medicine in the country. Through an in vitro fertilization procedure done by Huang, a baby boy - the first successful IVF baby in Southwest China - was born in Chongqing in 1997.