Six female representatives from different professions have been invited by the Shenzhen Women’s Federation to tell their stories in a feature film that aim to showcase the independence, self-confidence, enterprising spirit and wisdom of modern Shenzhen women.
The film was livestreamed on YISHENZHEN, the news app of Shenzhen Media Group, at 10 a.m. yesterday, which marked the 111th International Women’s Day.
With greater accessibility to higher education and a more equal and open society in China, an increasing number of women have joined in mostly male-dominated industries such as aerospace and electronic information.
Yuan Qin, an aerospace engineer born in the 1990s, is one of them. Yuan has successively served as the chief designer of the Jingshi-1, Sudan-1 and Hainan-1 satellites.
Yuan said that she doesn’t feel being a satellite engineer has limited her life and that she is just the very ordinary post-1990 generation.
“It is something to be proud of when you watch the satellite run in space, especially when it’s working steadily according to the plan,” said Yuan, adding that no matter which career one chooses, one should concentrate on it because concentration itself is an achievement.
Lu Ying, a customs officer, shared her stories on how to balance the relationship between family and work. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Lu adjusted her holiday plan and returned to her post in advance as a frontliner.
“In March last year, there was a peak period for Chinese students who studied overseas to return to China. At that time, we faced a surge of passenger flow and had once received more than 10,000 health declaration forms in a single day,” Lu recalled.
Lu said that her husband, who also works for the Shenzhen Customs, has been very supportive of her.
Tan Maoqin, director of the grain and material reserve department of the Shenzhen Municipal Development and Reform Commission, said: “I would like to suggest that all female friends, if they have a chance, support rural revitalization in rural areas where opportunities abound. Don’t flinch in the face of adversity. There are more solutions than difficulties.”
For more than five years, Tan has volunteered twice to take part in Shenzhen’s poverty alleviation work to the country’s less developed areas.
During that period, Tan has successfully introduced Shenzhen enterprises to Napo County, Baise City of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and helped more than 20,000 local silkworm farmers shake off poverty by leveraging Shenzhen’s market, technology, talent and capital advantages.