(CFP)

Lu Yuting, a 16-year-old high school girl from Chengdu, Sichuan Province, touched the hearts of thousands when she received an award for filial piety at a ceremony broadcast by China Central Television on November 8.

When her mother was hospitalized due to worsening kidney disease in November 2011, Lu suspended studies for one year to take care of her mother and her 70-year-old grandmother, who suffers from leg problems. Lu is the only daughter and her father abandoned the family many years ago.

To pay for her mother's medical bills, Lu also began delivering air tickets by bicycle.