Remember her?
30 years ago
A photo titled "I'm Going to School."
It touched the hearts of thousands of people
The girl in the photo is called Su Mingjuan
He was only 8 years old
These iconic "big eyes"
Touched hundreds of millions of people
Nowadays, "big-eyed" girls
He has become a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League
And as a deputy to the 20th Party Congress
Once again, it has entered people's field of vision
A photo of the dream of reading come true
It was purely accidental that 8-year-old Su Mingjuan could be recognized by the people of the whole country.
At the time, she was in the second grade of elementary school. One day, several adults walked into the classroom, and an uncle was still holding a camera. Su Mingjuan was very curious and looked with wide eyes. At that time, the winter was very cold, sitting in the broken classroom to class, Su Mingjuan's little hands were frozen, but she still liked to go to school.
She looked up and lowered her head to write. The way I write with a pencil is very serious. When he looked up again, the uncle pressed the camera shutter to record the moment and the thirst for knowledge in her big eyes.
Su Mingjuan was born in an ordinary farming family, her parents made a living by fishing, raising silkworms, raising pigs, farming, and growing chestnuts, and the family lived a hard and poor rural life.
At the time of the "Big Eyes" photo, Su Mingjuan was still in the first grade of Zhangwan Primary School in Jinzhai, Anhui Province, and the book and miscellaneous expenses of 670 yuan per semester became the biggest burden on the family.
At that time, the teaching conditions in the mountainous areas were very poor, and the children's education was very difficult. The classroom is low and shabby, and the windows are not covered with glass in winter, and they are covered with plastic sheeting and afraid of bad light, so they have to let the cold wind howl into the classroom. They often shrunk into the cold and still insisted on reading.
The predecessor of Jinzhai County Hope Primary School - Peng's Ancestral Hall
This photo, entitled "I Want to Read", became the propaganda symbol of China's Hope Project, which was reprinted by major domestic media, and Su Mingjuan also became the image representative of the Hope Project.
Many people are pouring out their money for poor rural children who are on the verge of being out of school. Su Mingjuan received financial aid from all over the country, no longer worried about not being able to pay tuition, and successfully completed the university with the help of caring people in the society.
"Without this picture of Project Hope, I would probably be out of school." Before meeting the Hope Project, the primary school Su Mingjuan attended was originally converted from an old ancestral hall, and the conditions were very simple. With funding from all sides, the school building has also undergone earth-shaking changes - it has been converted into a hope primary school, a separate 3-storey building, spacious classrooms, equipped with multimedia equipment and computers... In addition, many poor children have been sponsored to open doors to the outside world and change the fate of themselves and their families through schooling.
After the rain, I want to hold an umbrella for others
Su Mingjuan, who was funded, walked out of the mountain
He has also embarked on the road of public welfare and helping others.
"Do what I can, help those
Children like me achieve the 'dream of going to school'. ”
In 1997, Su Mingjuan had just entered the second year of junior high school
She offered to donate the 600 yuan she earned
It was remitted to a Hui girl in Ningxia
In 2002, Su Mingjuan was admitted to Anhui University
She will be given a fixed living allowance of 900 yuan per semester
All transferred to other poor students
After joining the work
Su Mingjuan put the first salary
All donated to Project Hope
Monthly thereafter
She will donate a portion of her income
annually
She will give 1,000 yuan to sponsor poor students
Never stop
In 2006
She and the sea dragon auctioned
Copyright of the famous "Girl with Big Eyes" photo
The income is more than 300,000 yuan
It was used to assist in the construction of a Hope Primary School in Qushui County, Lhasa, Tibet
Hundreds of Tibetan children have been able to attend school ever since
In 2018
She took out 30,000 yuan of savings as start-up capital
Established the "Su Mingjuan Scholarship Fund"
Before the opening of the 20th Party Congress
The fund raised approximately $4.9 million
Participated in the construction of 5 Hope Primary Schools
Netizens sighed
This is the interpretation of knowledge changing destiny
From "recipient" to "practitioner"
Su Mingjuan's life trajectory is emotional. From facing missing school to receiving financial aid, admission to junior college; From becoming a white-collar worker in a bank to becoming a deputy to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Su Mingjuan's fate has changed dramatically in the past 30 years.
Su Mingjuan's life changes
It is a vivid "silhouette" of the progress of the times
It is also a wonderful "footnote" to the Chinese story
The 20th Party Congress reported that China has built the world's largest education system.
Nowadays, when you walk into a village school, you can find that the best buildings in the area are often schools. As one delegate to the 20th Congress said emotionally: "In the past ten years, the educational infrastructure in my hometown has improved comprehensively, and the most beautiful building and the best environment in the county are schools." ”
In the countryside, not only school buildings have changed, but also teachers. From the "Opinions on Vigorously Promoting the Construction of the Rural Compulsory Education Teacher Team", to the "Rural Teacher Support Plan (2015-2020)", to the "Opinions of the Ministry of Education and other six departments on strengthening the construction of the rural teacher team in the new era"... Driven by a series of arrangements, more and more excellent teachers "can go, retain and teach well". At the same time, the quality of rural education has been continuously improved, paving a solid foundation for rural children to go to the open world.
"Big eyes" Su Mingjuan is unique
But in this steamy new era
We firmly believe
There will be more people like Su Mingjuan
Achieve a brilliant life
The chatterbox is synthesized from: CCTV Network, CCTV News, Xinhua Net, Jiupai News, Xinhua News Agency, China Youth Daily, Red Star News
Editor: Yan Ping
Responsible Editor: Cheng Chen