Ahead of the 2008 Olympic Games he led a personal crusade against littering, encouraging people to respect their environment.
To achieve this, he cycled to Beijing from his village, Erchen, in 2001 when China's bid was successful.
He says he went through 1,764 cities, covering more than 90,000km.
For three months he collected litter around Beijing and the Olympic Park.
He litter picked everything from cigarette butts to plastic bottles and was rewarded for his voluntary work by the authorities with a seat at the closing ceremony.