Scriptwriter Wu Shangzhe (right), whose pen name is A Nian, is treated at a local hospital in Wuhan.[Photo provided to China Daily]

As well as Peng, more than 20 celebrities, including Hong Kong comedy legend Stephen Chow and kung fu icon Jackie Chan, have joined the show to cheer for people who are battling the epidemic on the front lines.

All of them－who are normal, everyday people but doing great things－are from different walks of life, ranging from elite doctors to selfless volunteers and optimistic patients.

For instance, Lou Weichen, a 25-year-old from Anji town in Zhejiang, drove over 700 kilometers to donate more than 4,000 face masks to locals in Wuhan. He has since stayed in the Hubei capital to serve as a volunteer.

When he was contacted by the show's producers, the young man was shopping in a local supermarket to purchase food for some elderly residents undergoing self-isolation at home. For the elderly people who live in poverty, Lou says he has spent over 30,000 yuan ($43,135) to buy food for them at his own expense.