Beijing Women's Federation

The building of Beijing into an international sci-tech innovation center is in full swing and the capital city has given priority to high-quality development on its new journey into the new era. The 2022 Her Beijing documentary series was made against the backdrop and designed to strengthen the implementation of the Women's Action for Scientific and Technological Innovation — Beijing Action, and to make the stories of female sci-tech workers known by more people.

In the documentary series, representatives of sci-tech workers showed how they have firmly grasped opportunities brought by national development, become equipped with global vision, accumulated rich experience in international cooperation, and made great strides in sci-tech innovation through personal efforts. They share their stories in the pursuit of sci-tech innovation.

Li Jinfeng: Rural Girl Grows into an International Radioactive Waste Management Expert

Li Jinfeng (R1) and three experts from the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency visit an underground laboratory in France.

Li Jinfeng is a researcher at China Institute of Atomic Energy. She comes from a family in the mining area of east China's Shandong province. Thanks to her hard work and national support, Li became a radioactive waste management specialist at the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) after graduating from the Beijing Institute of Technology and Peking University.

During her work with the OECD/NEA, Li organized experts from many countries to conduct joint research on issues faced by the international community, wrote several reports on the management and disposal of highly radioactive waste, and promoted cooperation between China and the international agency.

In the documentary series, Li talked about her personal growth and work experience at the OECD/NEA. Her mother attached great importance to her education and often took her to bookstores throughout her childhood. Participation in student clubs at Peking University strengthened her  interpersonal communication skills and laid a solid foundation for her to work for an international organization.

When speaking about her work experience with an international organization, Li said that one should have solid professional knowledge and acquire basic capabilities in independent learning, information collection, project management and cross-cultural exchanges. Li called on young women to further free their minds and work hard to make their dreams come true.

Xu Jingjing: Dedicated to Making Artificial Intelligence Beneficial for Public Health

Xu Jingjing talks about her dream to build Hainan into an international healthcare island at the 9^th annual conference of the Western Returned Scholars Association.

Xu Jingjing is chairperson of Beijing Wisdom Jinglun Health Technology Co., Ltd. Her team was champion in the China final of the She Loves Tech 2021 Global Startup Competition, came in the top six in the global final of the She Loves Tech 2021 Global Startup Competition, and is an award-winner of the BRICS Women Innovation Contest.

A program promoted by Xu in Jingde, east China's Anhui province, which intended to use artificial intelligence in traditional Chinese and western medical treatment to help rural doctors become more capable, was added to the database of the State Council's development research think tank as a representative case of the reform and opening-up.

In the documentary series, Xu recalled her study experience at the University of California while studying for her doctoral degree in political sciences, after graduating from Peking University, as well as opportunities and experience associated with cross-border investment and cooperation in the medical sector. Xu returned to China in 2010 to launch her business venture of public health, even though there were bright prospects for her development in Silicon Valley in California. Since then, she has been committed to tackling the imbalanced distribution of medical resources and promoting public health through artificial intelligence. Moreover, Xu has played a leading role in the establishment of the American Returned Medical Scholars Committee of the Western Returned Scholars Association in a drive to achieve more social value and enhance social influence.

Xu said that the strengths of women in the promotion of sci-tech innovation lie in their carefulness, perseverance and inclusiveness, and hopes that more women will become innovative and managerial talents.

The annual Her Beijing documentary series reflects the remarkable development of the capital city and won the hearts of audiences from home and abroad with the stories of global women.