Facebook Twitter 新浪微博 Instagram YouTube Friday, Dec 1, 2017
Search
Archive
English>>Culture

Female founding member of People's Daily dies at 92

(People's Daily Online)    18:43, March 18, 2014

Dr. Jin Xueshu, female founding member of the People's Daily and China's first media professional to receive the "National March 8th Red-Banner Pacesetters" award — the highest honor for Chinese career women, died of illness yesterday in Beijing at the age of 92.

In an obituary issued by the People's Daily, Dr. Jin was extolled as an excellent member of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and an outstanding professional in journalism of the country.

Lauded as a prime example of the outstanding modern Chinese woman by the founding editor-in-chief and president of the People's Daily Deng Tuo, Dr. Jin was among China's first women to be conferred the title of "National March 8th Red-Banner Pacesetters" in 1960, the highest honor for Chinese professional women. She was the first woman in journalism industry to receive the honor.

(For the latest China news, Please follow People's Daily on Twitter and Facebook)(Web editor: WangXin, Bianji)

Add your comment

We Recommend

Most Viewed

Day|Week

Key Words