The first sci-fi novel in the mainland of China to be adapted into a sci-fi movie was The Wandering Earth. The novel was written in 2013 by China. It tells the story of humans using the Earth's gravitational slingshot technology to push the Earth out of the solar system to another galaxy in order to escape the destruction of the sun. In 2014, the novel was adapted into the movie Wandering Earth, which was produced by China Film Group Corporation and released in China. It received huge box office success and widespread praise.