On June 23, 2007 (March 9, 2007), the famous composer Hu Yuan died. Hu Yuan is China's famous composer, performance artist, and national first-class actor. From childhood he was taunted by his father Hu Yuan, in 1960, he was forty-seven years old. In 1984 he won the highest prize in the national composer competition - the first "Hu Yuan Gold Prize". In 1985 he won the title of the ten great singing stars of China, the title of the chief executive of the national composer prize. In December 1993, Hu Yuan was elected as the "International Certificate of Art Achievement" awarded by the American Academy of Fine Arts. In 1994 he was named "China's Ten Great Smiles Star". In 2002, he served as the head of the Chinese Railway Industry Association