Cai Lei, a former vice-president of China’s e-commerce company JD.com, is reported to be continuing work from his sickbed despite advanced amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). According to accounts from NDTV and the South China Morning Post, the 48-year-old has been fighting the terminal neurodegenerative disease for about seven years as it progressively damages motor neurons. Both outlets say his condition has recently deteriorated to an advanced stage, leaving him unable to move or speak. Despite these limitations, Cai is described as working nearly 12 hours a day, using the time he has left to keep working on efforts aimed at accelerating the search for an ALS cure. The reports characterize his approach as persistent and sustained rather than slowing down as the illness progresses. Neither article cites a cure or a change in his medical outlook, and both emphasize that ALS is currently incurable while symptoms continue to worsen. The coverage presents his continued work as a personal commitment in the context of a terminal illness.