When the medical team from Zhejiang Province left Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province in March 2020, after nearly a month of a high-intensity battle against COVID-19, Ge Minghua decided to stay on at the Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital intensive care unit.
There are more than 2.6 million deputies to the people's congresses at all levels. Among them is Zhang Liansheng, the Party secretary of the Xi'an community in Xinluo district of Fujian province's Longyan city.
Zhi Yueying, who is a deputy to the National People's Congress (NPC), was selected as a national role model for honesty and trustworthiness on Nov 5.
As a deputy to the National People's Congress (NPC), she has felt the superiority of China's whole-process democracy in the performance of her duties, said Fang Yan, an NPC deputy and vice-chairwoman of the Shaanxi Province Lawyers Association.
Three of them are featured in this article: Wang Shumao, a role model in safeguarding the country's rights and interests in the South China Sea; Zhoigar, a guardian of the country's borders on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau; and Shi Guangyin, an individual who leads efforts in afforestation and combating desertification.
Shen Jilan was a pioneer who encouraged women in her hometown to work instead of staying at home; and her proposal on gender pay equality became a key part of the 1954 Constitution of the People's Republic of China.
Liao Changyong, NPC deputy, president of Shanghai Conservatory of Music and also a world-renowned baritone, shares his view with Xinhua on promoting Chinese culture overseas.
Tibetan lawmaker Tashi Dorje from Qinghai Province, NW China, has a day job that gives him access to everyday people. As a singer, he travels across rural areas to perform and takes every opportunity to listen to the wants and needs of the people who live there.