Centenarian Scholar

Yang Jingnian, a 104-year-old renowned economist, educator and translator, has become something of a legend. Yang went to Britain to study with government funds in 1945 and obtained a doctoral degree from Oxford University. After graduation, Yang returned to China and had been a teacher at Nankai University in Tianjin Municipality since 1948. Yang is one of the founders of development economics in China.

Princess of Africa

South African singer and humanitarian Yvonne Chaka Chaka has received the World Economic Forum's Crystal Award for artists who use their talents to improve the state of the world. She is known for her music, but she also serves as the Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Roll Back Malaria Campaign and Roll Back Malaria Partnership.