Li Haotong will be hoping to continue his excellent recent record on home soil as he carries the hopes of a nation at this week's WGC-HSBC Champions.
The 22 year old has made a big name for himself in recent years, winning the Volvo China Open last season and finishing third at this season's Open Championship at Royal Birkdale.
It was on home soil where he first made his mark in 2015, finishing second after a play-off at the Shenzhen International, making the top ten at the Volvo China Open and then finishing in a tie for seventh here in Shanghai.
He now returns to Sheshan International Golf Club as the only Chinese player in the top 100 in the Official World Golf Ranking and determined to take the next step in his blossoming professional career.
"This is one of the tournaments that I felt that I can win and so I'm looking forward to not only winning this tournament but to have improvement on my record in this year's tournament," he said.
This is one of the tournaments that I felt that I can win - Li Haotong
"Everybody here wants to win."
Xinjun Zhang and Zecheng Dou are the next two highest-ranked Chinese players playing this week while two-time European Tour winner Ashun Wu is also teeing it up.
Japanese Hideki Matsuyama is the defneding champion and Li is delighted to be part of a strong crop of Asian golfers making an impression around the world.
"I feel that the Asian players now are getting stronger and stronger," he said. "As you can see now, Hideki, not only playing well in one tournament but being able to stay on top of the World Rankings.
"Obviously Chinese players are getting stronger and stronger as well and I do look forward to really being one of the Chinese players, the first player to win here or to witness one."
