Yang Lan

Yang Lan, born in Beijing in 1968, is a Chinese television host, media figure and media entrepreneur, and co-founder and chairwoman of Sun Media Group. From 1990 to 1994 she hosted CCTV's Zhengda Variety Show and received the first Golden Microphone Award; she later earned a master's degree in international affairs from Columbia University. In 1998 she founded Yang Lan One on One, which has long documented people and their times through in-depth conversation. Her writing centers on women's growth, well-being and self-fulfillment. The library holds two of her books, The Power of Happiness and Big Girls, whose plain, warm style turns personal experience into practical reflection and has influenced readers in the inspirational growth category.