Chinese Women in All Walks of Life Play Increasingly Important Role in Society

2021-03-09Editor: Ling Xiao

Cheng Shouzhen is seen wearing a wig to cover her white hair at the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, March 2, 2021. During the COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan, Cheng Shouzhen led more than 130 team members from the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University to offer medical aid. After two months of fighting the epidemic, her hair turned gray. After returning from Wuhan and taking a short rest, Cheng Shouzhen joined the Chinese medical expert team assisting Serbia and continued fighting in Serbia for 40 days. March 8 marks the International Women's Day, which is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. Women in all walks of life are playing an increasingly important role in society. [Xinhua/Deng Hua]

In this combo photo, the left part taken by Xinhua photographer Deng Hua on March 4, 2021 shows Lin Liyi at a workshop in Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Ltd. (GAC Group) in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province; and the right part shows Lin Liyi posing for a photo during her trip to southwest China's Guizhou Province, Dec. 27, 2020. In 10 years, Lin Liyi has turned herself from an ordinary assembly worker to become the first woman all-around champion in Honda's assembly skills competition in the global final assembly field. [Xinhua]

Lin Liyi works at a workshop in Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Ltd. (GAC Group) in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, March 4, 2021. [Xinhua/Deng Hua]

Photo taken on March 3, 2020 shows Cheng Shouzhen wearing protective equipment during her anti-epidemic work in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province. [Xinhua]

In this combo photo, the left part taken by Xinhua photographer Deng Hua on March 3, 2021 shows Guan Yanping standing at a hospital in Jinwan District of Zhuhai City, south China's Guangdong Province; and the right part shows Guan on her way to see villagers in Bingzhongluo Township in Lisu Autonomous Prefecture of Nujiang, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Sept. 11, 2019. In 2017, Guan Yanping left Zhuhai of south China's Guangdong Province to work as an aiding doctor in Nujiang of southwest China's Yunnan Province. In the past few years, she has trekked over 500 times on the steep, narrow mountain paths to treat the local villagers. [Xinhua]

Guan Yanping (front) and her colleagues walk on a bridge in Bingzhongluo Township in Lisu Autonomous Prefecture of Nujiang, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Jan. 12, 2019. [Xinhua]

Guan Yanping (R) pays a family visit in Sanban Village of Jinwan District of Zhuhai City, south China's Guangdong Province, March 3, 2021. [Xinhua/Deng Hua]

Lin Liyi works at a workshop in Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Ltd. (GAC Group) in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, March 4, 2021. [Xinhua/Deng Hua]

Guan Yanping (L) provides free medical service for a kid in Gongshan County in Lisu Autonomous Prefecture of Nujiang, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Oct. 25, 2019. [Xinhua]

In this combo photo, the left part taken by Xinhua photographer Deng Hua on March 2, 2021 shows Cheng Shouzhen wearing a wig to cover her white hair posing for a photo at the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province; and the right part shows Cheng coming back from Wuhan after offering medical aid there on April 17, 2020. [Xinhua]

Chinese expert medical team member Cheng Shouzhen (1st L) delivers brochures on COVID-19 epidemic prevention to the medical staff of a nursing center in Belgrade, Serbia, May 12, 2020. [Xinhua]

(Source: Xinhua)