The TV series "The Most Beautiful Youth", also known as "Meritorious Tree", is an original script created by screenwriters Guo Jingyu, Yong Yang and others based on the true story of planting trees in Saihanba in history. It is reported that during the creation of the play, the chief screenwriters Guo Jingyu and Yong Yang communicated with the older generation of Saihanba foresters many times to understand the afforestation situation at that time and repeatedly studied and polished the script, just to tell the story of Saihanba well.

The most beautiful youth story takes 162 days, spanning autumn, winter and spring. In order to restore the harsh environment of Saihanba plateau desert in 1960s, the crew went deep into Yulong desert in wudan, Inner Mongolia to shoot on the spot, and all kinds of snow scenes were also shot. The actors are also very dedicated and have suffered a lot for this play.