The ongoing 16th CPC National Congress, which began on November 8,
is participated in by over 2,000 delegates representing 66 million
Party members. Women delegates account for 18 percent of the total.
Who are they? And what are they thinking about the Party's
important event? China.org.cn presents their stories in a series.
Dai Minority Policewoman: Outwardly Gentle but Inwardly
Tough
Dao Yuqin has been a crime scene technician for over 20 years for
the Luxi Police Bureau in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Ethnic Minorities
Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province. She graduated from Yunnan
Police School in 1980. As one of a few female crime scene
technician experts from the Dai Minority, she was chosen as
fingerprint management engineer in 1995, and authorized with the
relevant certification.
Professional knowledge, considerable working experience, care and
responsibility are all necessary attributes for a good crime scene
technician. After receiving a police report, Dao, together with her
colleagues, must go to the crime scene immediately, regardless of
how remote the area might be or conditions of the evening. Once
there, the first thing she does is check for finger prints, which
are later cross referenced with hundreds of other trace files in
order to identify likely suspects. In the past 13 years, Dao has
investigated over 1,700 criminal cases, surveyed 570 crime scenes
by herself, and established a file of more than 10,000
fingerprints.
On
May 12, 2001, a rape and murder case in Luxi City, causing 5 deaths
and 1 injury, shocked the whole Dehong Autonomous Prefecture. Dao
was in charge of reconnoitering the crime scene and finding traces
of evidence. With the aid of high technology and her careful
observation skills Dao found important evidence, which later helped
police to arrest 3 suspects within 24 hours.
In
1995, the Ministry of Public Security awarded Dao Yuqin with a
Police Official's National Excellence commendation. In 1999, Dao
Yuqin was elected model worker for Yunnan Province by the
provincial government. After being elected as a delegate of 16th
Party Congress, Dao said that the honor belongs to everyone, for it
is impossible to reach such achievement without the assistance of
others.
Ma Haiyan: The "Diamond Girl"
There is a dazzling "diamond" at the Dongfang Emporium Diamond
Shoppe, which makes all the other diamonds even that much more
dazzling. Ma Haiyan, an extraordinary 31-year-old saleswoman, is
the only senior diamond classification identifier in Shanghai. She
attends the 16th CPC National Congress in the name of Shanghai's
150,000 service sector workers. She has won the trust of consumers
with her diamond-like quality.
Ten years ago, Ma Haiyan was an ordinary salesgirl in the Dongfang
Emporium Jewlry Shoppe. To sell diamonds is work that needs a great
deal of professional skill, but at that time Ma Haiyan was just a
high school graduate with two years hotel work experience. After
years of diligent study, she entered the mysterious world of
diamonds. Now she has the unique skill of being able to identify
and classify diamonds.
At
the end of 1997, Ma Haiyan took part in the national jewelry and
diamonds certification examination as the youngest examinee. She
felt a high level of pressure for this exam. The other examinees
were all college graduates with more than five years working
experience. Ma Haiyan, then only a high school graduate, proved
exceptional, successfully passing the examination. Understanding
the complicated theoretical physics gave Ma Haiyan even further
insight into the world of diamonds. In 1998, she took part in a
course on diamond grading and identification organized by Diamond
High Council (Hoge Raad voor Diamant, HRD), a non-profit
organization at the service of the Belgian trade and industry. She
gained an even deeper understanding of diamonds and received the
international recognized HRD diamond grading expert
certification.
Ma
Haiyan said, "Diamonds possess a permanent value; I possess
permanent friends."
She Xinhe: A Woman Devoted to National Defense
She Xinhe, a senior engineer with PLA's Second Artillery Corps,
also known as the Strategic Missile Force, and a delegate of the
16th CPC National Congress has been working in a small room full of
computers for past ten years. She has succeeded in putting dozens
of scientific research experiment into the field, greatly enhancing
the national level of scientific sophistication in the Strategic
Missile Force.
She started her career in a research center, protected in a valley
of mountains, after receiving a master degree from the National
University of Defense Technology in 1992. Two years later, she came
up with the idea of applying multimedia technology in training the
Strategic Missile Force and soon her plan was approved by the
higher level authorities. She was assigned as chief leader for this
scientific project.
To
date, She Xinhe has finished 12 scientific projects and written
more than 600,000 words of teaching materials. She also conducted
training classes for high level officials, consisting of more than
20 phases, and taught 1,200 hours of basic army training.
(China.org.cn November 12, 2002)