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Free Education Empowers Rural Girls In Huaping - China

Students do the cleaning at Huaping Senior High School for Girls in Huaping County, Lijiang City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Dec. 25, 2025. Each morning at Huaping High School for Girls in Yunnan Province, the schoolyard rings with a bold pledge, "I was born to be a mountain not a creek, rising to the high peaks with the valleys at my feet." Behind that voice stands Zhang Guimei, the school's founder and principal. In her sixties and struggling with illness, she still devotes more than 18 hours a day to her students. Megaphone in hand, she has become a living symbol of how education can open doors that poverty once closed. Founded in 2008, Huaping High School for Girls is the country's first senior high school to offer free education for girls. The school in mountainous Yunnan Province has created a miracle, with more than 2,000 graduates -- most of whom come from low-income rural families -- admitted to colleges and universities. Many of them later became teachers, doctors and civil servants, fulfill

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Free Education Empowers Rural Girls In Huaping - China

Students head for the canteen after class at Huaping Senior High School for Girls in Huaping County, Lijiang City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Dec. 23, 2025. Each morning at Huaping High School for Girls in Yunnan Province, the schoolyard rings with a bold pledge, "I was born to be a mountain not a creek, rising to the high peaks with the valleys at my feet." Behind that voice stands Zhang Guimei, the school's founder and principal. In her sixties and struggling with illness, she still devotes more than 18 hours a day to her students. Megaphone in hand, she has become a living symbol of how education can open doors that poverty once closed. Founded in 2008, Huaping High School for Girls is the country's first senior high school to offer free education for girls. The school in mountainous Yunnan Province has created a miracle, with more than 2,000 graduates -- most of whom come from low-income rural families -- admitted to colleges and universities. Many of them later became teachers, doctors and civil

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Free Education Empowers Rural Girls In Huaping - China

An aerial drone photo taken on Dec. 24, 2025 shows a view of the Huaping Senior High School for Girls in Huaping County, Lijiang City, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Each morning at Huaping High School for Girls in Yunnan Province, the schoolyard rings with a bold pledge, "I was born to be a mountain not a creek, rising to the high peaks with the valleys at my feet." Behind that voice stands Zhang Guimei, the school's founder and principal. In her sixties and struggling with illness, she still devotes more than 18 hours a day to her students. Megaphone in hand, she has become a living symbol of how education can open doors that poverty once closed. Founded in 2008, Huaping High School for Girls is the country's first senior high school to offer free education for girls. The school in mountainous Yunnan Province has created a miracle, with more than 2,000 graduates -- most of whom come from low-income rural families -- admitted to colleges and universities. Many of them later became teachers, doctors and c

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Free Education Empowers Rural Girls In Huaping - China

Zhang Guimei (C) watches students exercising during the break at Huaping Senior High School for Girls in Huaping County, Lijiang City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Dec. 24, 2025. Each morning at Huaping High School for Girls in Yunnan Province, the schoolyard rings with a bold pledge, "I was born to be a mountain not a creek, rising to the high peaks with the valleys at my feet." Behind that voice stands Zhang Guimei, the school's founder and principal. In her sixties and struggling with illness, she still devotes more than 18 hours a day to her students. Megaphone in hand, she has become a living symbol of how education can open doors that poverty once closed. Founded in 2008, Huaping High School for Girls is the country's first senior high school to offer free education for girls. The school in mountainous Yunnan Province has created a miracle, with more than 2,000 graduates -- most of whom come from low-income rural families -- admitted to colleges and universities. Many of them later became teachers

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Free Education Empowers Rural Girls In Huaping - China

A teacher grades exam papers at Huaping Senior High School for Girls in Huaping County, Lijiang City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Dec. 24, 2025. Each morning at Huaping High School for Girls in Yunnan Province, the schoolyard rings with a bold pledge, "I was born to be a mountain not a creek, rising to the high peaks with the valleys at my feet." Behind that voice stands Zhang Guimei, the school's founder and principal. In her sixties and struggling with illness, she still devotes more than 18 hours a day to her students. Megaphone in hand, she has become a living symbol of how education can open doors that poverty once closed. Founded in 2008, Huaping High School for Girls is the country's first senior high school to offer free education for girls. The school in mountainous Yunnan Province has created a miracle, with more than 2,000 graduates -- most of whom come from low-income rural families -- admitted to colleges and universities. Many of them later became teachers, doctors and civil servants, ful

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Free Education Empowers Rural Girls In Huaping - China

Students have meals at the canteen of Huaping Senior High School for Girls in Huaping County, Lijiang City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Dec. 23, 2025. Each morning at Huaping High School for Girls in Yunnan Province, the schoolyard rings with a bold pledge, "I was born to be a mountain not a creek, rising to the high peaks with the valleys at my feet." Behind that voice stands Zhang Guimei, the school's founder and principal. In her sixties and struggling with illness, she still devotes more than 18 hours a day to her students. Megaphone in hand, she has become a living symbol of how education can open doors that poverty once closed. Founded in 2008, Huaping High School for Girls is the country's first senior high school to offer free education for girls. The school in mountainous Yunnan Province has created a miracle, with more than 2,000 graduates -- most of whom come from low-income rural families -- admitted to colleges and universities. Many of them later became teachers, doctors and civil servant

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Free Education Empowers Rural Girls In Huaping - China

Students practice chorus at Huaping Senior High School for Girls in Huaping County, Lijiang City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Dec. 23, 2025. Each morning at Huaping High School for Girls in Yunnan Province, the schoolyard rings with a bold pledge, "I was born to be a mountain not a creek, rising to the high peaks with the valleys at my feet." Behind that voice stands Zhang Guimei, the school's founder and principal. In her sixties and struggling with illness, she still devotes more than 18 hours a day to her students. Megaphone in hand, she has become a living symbol of how education can open doors that poverty once closed. Founded in 2008, Huaping High School for Girls is the country's first senior high school to offer free education for girls. The school in mountainous Yunnan Province has created a miracle, with more than 2,000 graduates -- most of whom come from low-income rural families -- admitted to colleges and universities. Many of them later became teachers, doctors and civil servants, fulfill

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Free Education Empowers Rural Girls In Huaping - China

A teacher tutors a student during the evening self-study class at Huaping Senior High School for Girls in Huaping County, Lijiang City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Dec. 23, 2025. Each morning at Huaping High School for Girls in Yunnan Province, the schoolyard rings with a bold pledge, "I was born to be a mountain not a creek, rising to the high peaks with the valleys at my feet." Behind that voice stands Zhang Guimei, the school's founder and principal. In her sixties and struggling with illness, she still devotes more than 18 hours a day to her students. Megaphone in hand, she has become a living symbol of how education can open doors that poverty once closed. Founded in 2008, Huaping High School for Girls is the country's first senior high school to offer free education for girls. The school in mountainous Yunnan Province has created a miracle, with more than 2,000 graduates -- most of whom come from low-income rural families -- admitted to colleges and universities. Many of them later became teacher

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Free Education Empowers Rural Girls In Huaping - China

Two students have meals outdoors at Huaping Senior High School for Girls in Huaping County, Lijiang City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Dec. 23, 2025. Each morning at Huaping High School for Girls in Yunnan Province, the schoolyard rings with a bold pledge, "I was born to be a mountain not a creek, rising to the high peaks with the valleys at my feet." Behind that voice stands Zhang Guimei, the school's founder and principal. In her sixties and struggling with illness, she still devotes more than 18 hours a day to her students. Megaphone in hand, she has become a living symbol of how education can open doors that poverty once closed. Founded in 2008, Huaping High School for Girls is the country's first senior high school to offer free education for girls. The school in mountainous Yunnan Province has created a miracle, with more than 2,000 graduates -- most of whom come from low-income rural families -- admitted to colleges and universities. Many of them later became teachers, doctors and civil servants,

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Free Education Empowers Rural Girls In Huaping - China

Zhang Guimei (3rd L) checks meal service at Huaping Senior High School for Girls in Huaping County, Lijiang City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Dec. 23, 2025. Each morning at Huaping High School for Girls in Yunnan Province, the schoolyard rings with a bold pledge, "I was born to be a mountain not a creek, rising to the high peaks with the valleys at my feet." Behind that voice stands Zhang Guimei, the school's founder and principal. In her sixties and struggling with illness, she still devotes more than 18 hours a day to her students. Megaphone in hand, she has become a living symbol of how education can open doors that poverty once closed. Founded in 2008, Huaping High School for Girls is the country's first senior high school to offer free education for girls. The school in mountainous Yunnan Province has created a miracle, with more than 2,000 graduates -- most of whom come from low-income rural families -- admitted to colleges and universities. Many of them later became teachers, doctors and civil s

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Free Education Empowers Rural Girls In Huaping - China

Students have a class at Huaping Senior High School for Girls in Huaping County, Lijiang City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Dec. 23, 2025. Each morning at Huaping High School for Girls in Yunnan Province, the schoolyard rings with a bold pledge, "I was born to be a mountain not a creek, rising to the high peaks with the valleys at my feet." Behind that voice stands Zhang Guimei, the school's founder and principal. In her sixties and struggling with illness, she still devotes more than 18 hours a day to her students. Megaphone in hand, she has become a living symbol of how education can open doors that poverty once closed. Founded in 2008, Huaping High School for Girls is the country's first senior high school to offer free education for girls. The school in mountainous Yunnan Province has created a miracle, with more than 2,000 graduates -- most of whom come from low-income rural families -- admitted to colleges and universities. Many of them later became teachers, doctors and civil servants, fulfilling

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240609) -- BEIJING, June 9, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Zhang Guimei (R), principal of the Huaping Senior High School for Girls, looks at students leaving a national college entrance examination site in Lijiang, southwest China's Yunnan Province on June 7, 2024. China's annual national college entrance examination, also known as Gaokao, started on June 7 this year. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Hu Chao)

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240609) -- BEIJING, June 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Guimei (R), principal of the Huaping Senior High School for Girls, looks at students leaving a national college entrance examination site in Lijiang, southwest China's Yunnan Province on June 7, 2024. China's annual national college entrance examination, also known as Gaokao, started on June 7 this year. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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XINHUA-PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2023-CHINA NEWS

(240105) -- BEIJING, Jan. 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Guimei (L), principal of the Huaping Senior High School for Girls, is seen on a returning bus with students as they have concluded the first day of the college entrance exam in Lijiang, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 7, 2023. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)

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Helping girls fulfill college dream: renowned teacher sees off students for gaokao

STORY: Helping girls fulfill college dream: renowned teacher sees off students for gaokao DATELINE: June 9, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:15 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1 various of senior students to attend the national college entrance exam 2 various of Zhang Guimei 3 SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHANG GUIMEI, Principal, Huaping Senior High School for Girls 4 various of see-off ceremony for senior students at Huaping Senior High School for Girls 5 SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): Students 6 SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): ZHANG GUIMEI, Principal, Huaping Senior High School for Girls 7 SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): Students 8 SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): ZHANG GUIMEI, Principal, Huaping Senior High School for Girls 9 SOUNDBITE 6 (Chinese): Students 10 SOUNDBITE 7 (Chinese): ZHANG GUIMEI, Principal, Huaping Senior High School for Girls 11 SOUNDBITE 8 (Chinese): Students 12 various of the Huaping Senior High School for Girls STORYLINE: China's national college entrance exam, also known as "gaokao," kicked off on Wednesday. It is

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The power of women in China's New Era

STORY: The power of women in China's New Era DATELINE: March 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:06:38 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WANG ZHENG, Mechanic, China Railway Harbin Group Co., Ltd. 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHANG GUIMEI, Principal, Huaping Senior High School for Girls 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): WANG YAPING, Chinese taikonaut 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): WANG YAPING, Chinese taikonaut 5. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): WANG YAPING, Chinese taikonaut 6. SOUNDBITE 6 (Chinese): WANG YAPING, Chinese taikonaut 7. SOUNDBITE 7 (Chinese): ZHANG GUIMEI, Principal, Huaping Senior High School for Girls 8. SOUNDBITE 8 (Chinese): Graduate of Huaping Senior High School for Girls 9. SOUNDBITE 9 (Chinese): ZHANG GUIMEI, Principal, Huaping Senior High School for Girls 10. SOUNDBITE 10 (Chinese): YU MENGHAN, Mechanic, China Railway Harbin Group Co., Ltd. 11. SOUNDBITE 11 (Chinese): YU MENGHAN, Mechanic, China Railway Harbin Group Co., Ltd. 12. SOUNDBITE 12 (Chinese): WANG ZHENG, Mechanic, China Railway H

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Xinhua Headlines-Xi Focus: Chinese Dream inspires nation on journey ahead

(221129) -- BEIJING, Nov. 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Guimei (C), the principal of the Huaping Senior High School for Girls, watches as her students study at school in Lijiang, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Dec. 1, 2020. (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)

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A CPC member dedicated to improving girls' education in SW China

STORY: A CPC member dedicated to girls' education in poor areas DATELINE: Oct. 13, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:17 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: POLITICS/EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of Zhang Guimei 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHANG GUIMEI, Principal, Huaping Senior High School for Girls 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHANG GUIMEI, Principal, Huaping Senior High School for Girls 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): LEI QIUFENG, Former resident in Huaping Welfare Center for Children 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): YANG ZHIWEI, Child living in Huaping Welfare Center for Children 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): FU LIUYI, Child living in Huaping Welfare Center for Children 7. SOUNDBITE 6 (Chinese): ZHANG GUIMEI, Principal, Huaping Senior High School for Girls STORYLINE: Early in the morning, Zhang Guimei is always the first to arrive at the teaching building, turning on the lights for the students. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHANG GUIMEI, Principal, Huaping Senior High School for Girls "You're late. Hurry up. Hurry." 65-year-old Zhang is a teac

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(CPC Congress)CHINA-BEIJING-CPC NATIONAL CONGRESS-DELEGATES-ARRIVAL (CN)

(221014) -- BEIJING, Oct. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Guimei (front), a delegate from Yunnan Province to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), registers at the reception desk of a hotel upon her arrival in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 13, 2022. Delegates from Yunnan Province to the 20th CPC National Congress arrived in Beijing on Thursday. (Xinhua/Wang Bin)

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Xinhua Headlines: A look at how delegates to upcoming 20th CPC national congress were elected

(220928) -- BEIJING, Sept. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Guimei (C) watches as her students attend a class, Dec. 1, 2020. (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-GUIYANG-MALE NURSES (CN)

(220512) -- GUIYANG, May 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Nurse Li Guimei works at a ward of the Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University in Guizhou, southwest China's Guiyang Province, May 11, 2022. The importance of male nurses is widely acknowledged as they are usually employed in labor-intense units such as ICUs, meaning frequent night shifts and long working hours. (Xinhua/Tao Liang)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-GUIYANG-MALE NURSES (CN)

(220512) -- GUIYANG, May 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Nurse Li Guimei checks a patient's conditions at a ward of the Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University in Guizhou, southwest China's Guiyang Province, May 10, 2022. The importance of male nurses is widely acknowledged as they are usually employed in labor-intense units such as ICUs, meaning frequent night shifts and long working hours. (Xinhua/Tao Liang)

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY(CN)

(220204) -- BEIJING, Feb. 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Torch bearer Dou Guimei (front) runs with the torch during the Beijing 2022 Olympic Torch Relay at the Summer Palace in Beijing, China, Feb. 4, 2022. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY(CN)

(220204) -- BEIJING, Feb. 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Torch bearer Dou Guimei (R front) and Fan Di'an attend the Beijing 2022 Olympic Torch Relay at the Summer Palace in Beijing, China, Feb. 4, 2022. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)

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XINHUA-PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2021-CHINA NEWS

(220106) -- BEIJING, Jan. 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Guimei waves to children upon her arrival at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, June 29, 2021. A ceremony was held on June 29 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing to award the July 1 Medal, the highest honor in the Communist Party of China (CPC), to outstanding Party members for the first time. (Xinhua/Yue Yuewei)