The post-2005 curling players’ "different paths lead to the same destination". The 17-year-old Li Zetai is from Harbin and was born into a curling family.

Chen Zaoxue is from Shanghai and led her father to take the curling referee certificate. They and two other post- 2005 teenagers finished fourth, creating the best performance in the history of the Chinese team in the mixed team curling event at the Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon.