The author of China's first youth inspirational novel," Time is like a Song," was famous. The novel was published in 1988. It was the first full-length novel in the history of Chinese literature to fully reflect the growth process of young people after the reform and opening up. It was also a classic in the history of Chinese literature. The novel used the growth of the protagonist Liu Haiyang as the main line to show the young generation of China facing various challenges and opportunities to bravely pursue their dreams and shape themselves in the environment of reform and opening up. It was hailed as the first work of Chinese youth inspirational novels.