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Tan Weihai, an artist from the China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe who has 900,000 fans on Tik Tok, plays a flute solo of his own composition – “Dream.” [Photo by Ma Hua/China.org.cn]

Tan Weihai, 32, won warm applause from the audience with a flute solo of his own composition – “Dream.” Talented in music since young, Tan has received guidance from five renowned teachers and worked his way from a village in Jiangsu Province to the China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe. Having provided online and offline flute lessons during his spare time since 2010, Tan now makes a comfortable living with more than 60 students and 900,000 fans on Tik Tok.