The best and the worst times

There are indeed some people just following the trend blindly during the boom and some fail.

"What exists is reasonable. So is the entrepreneurship upsurge. China is experiencing its great transformation period. Just like the famous saying, 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times'," Qin suggested. "China needs a new model to realize sustainable development and innovation and entrepreneurship is a direction the whole world is heading."

Qin stressed that being an entrepreneur does not guarantee success. Most people know that only 50 percent of entrepreneurs succeed but many would still like to try.

"Anyway, it is still a golden age even in the heavy smog," he said.

The Qingting team tackles an urgent program. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]