According to CCTV.com, during the countdown to midnight of the 2025 Year of the Snake Spring Festival Gala, Ren Luyu survived the last minute alone and received widespread praise.
During the live broadcast of the Spring Festival Gala backstage, Nigmaiti revealed that Ren Luyu's eyes were red when he finished hosting the Spring Festival Gala in the last minute. "The pressure was quite high. He shouldered it all. The countdown to zero left Brother Lu Yu longer than any rehearsal."
Sa Beining said: "I had delayed it to the slowest and slowest, and then I wanted to applaud, but when I looked, there was one minute left when Lu Yu answered."
Ren Luyu responded: "The red circles under my eyes have nothing to do with this. This countdown is completely completed by the cooperation of several of us (hosts). We have been cooperating for several years and we are already comrades-in-arms."
Sa Beining also revealed a detail. After coming off the stage, Ren Luyu suddenly turned his head and said, "Xiao Sa, our natal year has passed." Ma Fanshu said that he saw Ren Luyu and Sa Beining shaking hands, "I was very touched when I saw it."
Ren Luyu was born in Xinxiang City, Henan Province in May 1976. He graduated from the 1997 Radio and Television Class of the Chinese Department of the College of Liberal Arts of Henan University (the predecessor of the Broadcasting and Hosting major). He is an MFA (Master of Arts) graduate student at the School of Broadcasting and Hosting Art at Communication University of China and holds a master's degree. He is the host of China Central Radio and Television.
From 1997 to 2002, he served as a host at Henan TV. In 2002, he was admitted to CCTV and served as the host of major state affairs and diplomatic performances many times.
In 2014, Ren Luyu won the Golden Eagle Award for Outstanding Male Host. In 2015, he won the CCTV Top Ten Announcer and Host Award. He was awarded the title of the 11th "National Artist with Virtue and Art". He has served as the host of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala many times, including the just past 2025 Spring Festival Gala.
