Popular mainland teenage singer Doudou has had enough of stardom

Many teenagers dream of living like their pop idols: releasing their own music, appearing with megastars at stadium shows or performing abroad.

For most, such fantasies remain dreams. But at the age of 14, Shenzhen-based Huang Jiaqi - better known as Doudou to her fans - has done it all.

Like many other child singers on the mainland, Doudou was barely able to read the lyrics when she made her stage debut at a 2007 concert organised by Shenzhen Music Radio.

Within three years, she had become a veteran of shows and galas, often leading children's choirs, and had released an album, , to raise funds for a water project to help arid western provinces.

Doudou has performed with singer-actor Andy Lau Tak-wah and had a role in the 2009 production of Chinese opera with first lady Peng Liyuan.

Last year, Gerhard Heiberg - then head of the International Olympics Committee's marketing panel - invited her to hold a solo concert in London to memorialise the 2008 Beijing Olympics ahead of the 2012 Games.

Few images from those glittering occasions are on display at Doudou's home in Futien district; her antique desk is strewn with piles of exercise books, but there isn't a single photograph of her appearances.