China’s outstanding women reach new heights in various fields

Let’s take a moment to reflect on some of the most outstanding women engaged in various fields in China today.

Tu Youyou of the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, and winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize for her discovery of artemisinin, is the first Chinese woman national to win a Nobel prize in science. Since 2000, the World Health Organization (WHO) has held up artemisinin-based drugs as the first choice for anti-malarial drug regimens. Related treatment modalities have since saved the lives of millions of people across the world.

As a deputy to the 13th National People's Congress (NPC), Wang Yaping, one of the Shenzhou-13 astronauts, was China’s first female astronaut to conduct extravehicular activities and the country’s first astronaut to deliver a lecture in space. She exited the Tianhe core module of China's space station on Nov. 7, 2021, before safely returning.

The Chinese women's football team, after rallying back from a two-goal lead for their opponents, beat the South Koreans 3-2 in the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup final on Feb. 6, 2022. It was the national team’s first Asian Cup trophy in 16 years.

Wei Shihui, a researcher at a research institute of the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force, has been working on the development of ballistic missiles. At the age of 33, she resolved a key conundrum in the precision guidance of missiles that had plagued China for 50 years. With 26 invention patents already under her belt, the woman has spent most of her life engaged in the research and development of missile technology.

Yang Yang, member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), also happens to be China's first-ever Winter Olympic gold medalist. She won the women's 500-meter short track speed skating gold medal and women's 1,000-meter short track speed skating gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City in 2002. Yang Yang, who now serves as the chair of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (BOCOG) Athletes' Commission, has witnessed and promoted the development of China’s winter sports industry over the course of many years.

Source:peoplesdaily

Editor: CH

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