A 58-year-old backpacker hikes across China to honor the hero Zhao Shangzhi

Last updated 2026-11-08 — Zheng Jianwei walked from Liaoning to Tianjin in seven days and nights. At 10 a.m. on the 17th, under the Century Clock at Tianjin Railway Station, the reporter met Zheng Jianwei, known as "the world’s No. 1 long-distance walker." Carrying a backpack weighing over 20 kilograms, the gray-haired elderly man has walked 180,000 kilometers, visited 33 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions, and passed through more than 2,700 counties and cities over the past 13 years, setting...