With the country’s goal of eliminating poverty by 2020, China’s under-served population is being given unprecedented opportunity for upward social mobility. Yet, with 43 million still living in poverty, great challenges still remain. And whether it’s for a young woman working in a tech start-up in Beijing, an artisan selling his wares globally from a remote village, or a child who’s never been on a plane, but dreams of being a pilot, there can be no glory, without grit.