Taste of tomorrow

The host and hostess, Gao and Shao Jingzhu (middle), visit a greenhouse in New York. [Photo provided to China Daily]

The audience would watch as the hosts immerse themselves into the local life and chat happily with the interviewees.

"In the past, similar documentaries tended to prove that Chinese are as good as foreigners when they go abroad. However, we want to express that youngsters don't need to prove anything because we can communicate with foreigners freely due to globalization," says Liu.

"That's real confidence－to exchange views about life experience and making friends."

He says most viewers are between 23 and 30, including many university students, and they reply positively. Some are amazed by the new lifestyles and creativity they see, and some comment on the documentary from their own professional perspectives such as architecture and journalism.

"These people are doing their utmost to make life much better such as to protect the environment. I also want to do something meaningful like that in the future," says Lyu Yaning, 21, a junior university student from Qingdao, Shandong province, who is a fan of the documentary series.

"I hope youngsters will not think about home in a fixed way－buying a house, getting married and having a child," says the Beijing-based director, 29-year-old Han Xia.

"They should have different lifestyles and keep their creativity and curiosity. Being open-minded and abandoning stereotypes are also important.

"Wherever you feel comfortable, that place is your home."

For her, storytelling is important. Science and technology are really fascinating, but she also wants to focus on their own thoughts such as why they want to make a creative product.

Her favorite story: The youngsters from Shenzhen, Guangdong province, who have devoted themselves to their robots for a contest.

"They're the future engineers in China, who will eventually change our lives. The story presents their current lives and we may also ponder over whether we have stereotypes about those who are in their early 20s," she says.

She is also impressed by the engineers in Bangalore, India, who are resolutely coming back to India after finishing their studies in the US, because they want to make contributions to their motherland.