On the evening of 4 April 2021, an interview with Professor Shi Leifen, a tutor with Lishui Radio and TV University (Lishui RTVU) in Zhejiang province, aired on the China Education Network Television (CENTV) programme "I am a Tutor". In this episode, Professor Shi shared her 29 years of experience as a tutor, and told the national audience about Lishui RTVU.

Shi Leifen has been tutoring at Lishui RTVU since 1992, and cherishes her students above anything else, depending in turn on their love and trust as sources of strength. As a tutor with the first junior-college degree programme for rural college students at Lishui RTVU, she provides one-on-one support to help the students overcome difficulties and to enhance their enthusiasm. For her hard work, Shi Leifen has been named Outstanding Worker in Ideological and Political Education, Outstanding Open-education Head Teacher, and Top Famous Teacher of Zhejiang Open University, along with receiving the provincial Open University Education Award.

"I am a Tutor" is a TV interview programme launched by CENTV under the joint guidance of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, the Cyberspace Administration of China, and the Ministry of Education. Tutors from colleges and universities across the country are invited to convey touching stories about their work as front-line tutors working on behalf of the Party and the country, and their significance in the growth of college students. So far this year, 14 college tutors have been interviewed on the show, with Shi Leifen the only one from the RTVU system.

By Zhejiang OU