DATONG follows the life and work of a controversial Chinese Communist Mayor GENG YANBO to tell the story about how he takes a radical reform to demolish 140,000 households and relocate half a million people to give way to restoration of Ancient relic walls in order to adopt a clean economic growth from tourism and culture, which he believes will do good to DA TONG citizen in the long term. With two years in the footsteps of GENG, along with the changing ideology and confrontations from the public, the film is trying to draw a looming shape of future of China.

导演认识了两位“朋友”。他与他们之间的交往构成了这部片子。开始，他并没有一个明确的计划要制作一部纪录片，但随着时间的推移，他开始有目的和他们交“朋友”。“朋友”们奇迹般地允许导演进入他们的生活，他们吸毒也贩毒的生活。
纪录片的制作者和被拍者之间到底应该是一种什么样的关系，这部影片给出了它的解释。
The director himself (who’s also a journalist) encountered in an interview a small group of people who, despite all odds, willingly invite him into their world of drug use and peddling. That’s how “Using” was born.
What exactly is the relationship between a filmmaker and those being portrayed, “Using” has the answer.

An in-depth portrayal of the university exam preparation that Chinese students undergo during their senior year of high school. For many students this exam is a ticket to a better life, so the stakes are high.