Being less than 1.5 meters tall, hunched over and with limited mobility, you probably can't imagine that such a Canyou would voluntarily apply to go thousands of miles away to work in aid of Xinjiang. But Liu Yong did, from Shenzhen to Kashgar to stay for five years. He took the Shenzhen pioneering cow spirit, so that the cause of Canyou in Kashgar from scratch, for more than 1200 Canyou in Kashgar opened up another life. " When you want to succeed, the whole world will make way for you. "

▲Bar Mitzvah youth role model Liu Yong.

Internet changes the trajectory of life

At the age of 3, Liu Yong accidentally fell from a high place resulting in severe disability. Since then, the body deformation of his, and can not grow taller, need to rely on a wheelchair and the body of the steel to support their own life. " Parents are very worried about me, do not know what I should rely on to support themselves, do not know how my future life path. " Today, he still has 2 steel bars, 32 steel wires and a spring in his body.

In 1997, in order to find a job to make ends meet, 23-year-old Liu Yong summoned the courage to apply for a job in the newspaper kiosk selling newspapers, which know that the person in charge of only glanced at him and rejected him. It can be said that in the first 20 years of his life, the setbacks and blows given to Liu Yong were enough to plunge him into the abyss of despair.

In the face of great frustration, is to bow down or not to admit defeat, Liu Yong obviously chose the latter. 20 century, the Internet information age has been vaguely issued to the station of the sound of the whistle, " by chance, the network came into my life, and I will be closer to the world. " Sitting in front of a computer, Liu Yong found that his physical disability was not an obstacle at all. he began to learn about the Internet at the end of 1997, and two years later in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, he beat competitors from nearly 30 countries to win back the 5th place trophy in the International Web Design Competition.

In the Internet era, more people with disabilities who are not physically capable of working can participate in social services using the Internet as a platform without barriers. Realizing this, Liu Yong and his Canyou set up the China Canyous Service Network and Shenzhen Canyou Company. Starting from a desktop computer, their Shenzhen Canyou Company has gradually developed into a social enterprise group with 38 social enterprises, 12 charitable organizations, and thousands of Canyou in software, animation, call centers, electronic product assembly, and e-commerce business, and concentrated on the stable employment of thousands of Canyou.

Firmly embarking on the road to aid Xinjiang

In May 2010, the Shenzhen Canyou Group was already on the right track, and Liu Yong's new animation and culture company was in full swing. This year, a new round of counterpart aid work curtain opened, the Shenzhen Municipality began to support the city of Kashgar. Learning of this news, the dream of Xinjiang as a seed, in the heart of Liu Yong sprouted.

" Canyou are a somewhat special group, in fact, they carry much more emotions than ordinary people, I want to help the local development of the disabled. " He remembered his father. At the beginning of the reform and opening up, this northwest military man without saying a word, with his family to Shenzhen to support the construction.

In 2011, overcoming the language barrier, after the painstaking selection of sites, purchase of equipment, a locally registered Kashgar Canyou Technology Co. Liu Yong understands that this is only the first step in the " Miles Road " journey. Look at this situation, not to a few days " travel a tour " on the way back to Shenzhen.

" Earliest to Kashgar, I took four people, thinking that we must do this thing. " Next, holding the list of the Canyous Federation, Liu Yong in a wheelchair, door to door knocking, but also opened the hearts of the local people. A month later, the Canyou company yard called the first batch of 68 students.

Bringing hope to the disabled

At first, the climate change in Xinjiang made Liu Yong's heart and lungs often uncomfortable, and for some time he could not even leave the oxygen mask when he slept at night. The doctor said he would let me go back to Shenzhen. " But Liu Yong, who often says he has a hard life, stayed on.

The social enterprise he founded is based on nurturing success and setting up jobs based on what he has learned. " Learning computer disabled can do Internet, network engineering, hobby image can do film and television and graphic design, if not interested in these can learn to do non-heritage handicrafts and so on. "

In order to give more benefits to Canyou, since 2015, Kashgar Canyou Company has established advertisement processing and printing as its main business, attracting more and more disabled young people, and gradually realizing break-even. The first advertising and printing store of Kashgar Canyou Company was opened on Westward Avenue in Kashgar City. The trainees trained by Kashgar Canyou Company have become the employees of the store, who can spray paint, portrait and make banners, and also use the machines in the printing shop. " I want to give them the hope and opportunity to live, like the one I longed for in the beginning. "

Later, Liu Yong's youngest daughter was born in Kashgar, whom he named " Liu Jiangwon ". " At this moment I can justifiably say I am successful, I have a wonderful family, I have a positive career, and I constantly have new goals. "

Five years of aid to Xinjiang, Shenzhen Canyou Group has invested more than 5.2 million yuan in Kashgar, helping more than 1,200 people with disabilities to take up jobs. 2016, due to health reasons, Liu Yong had to return to Shenzhen to receive treatment.

Five years, spring, summer, fall and winter have brought Liu Yong unforgettable memories. He always said, " an opportunity to go back to Kashgar to see, where there are my brothers and sisters.

Shenzhen Evening News reporter Guo Yuli