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'Wang the Welder' helps inspire Chinese women

By Xin Wen | China Daily | Updated: 2018-05-07 07:21

In the 1940s, the United States had its Rosie the Riveter. And now China has an updated version of its own heroic female worker - Wang the Welder.

Leading a team of 18 welders, most of whom are women, Wang Zhongmei, 36, devotes herself to the sometimes grueling and hazardous occupation - one she learned from her father, a skilled welder in his own right.

"Influenced and inspired by my father since I was a child, I found welding to be amazing work," she said.

'Wang the Welder' helps inspire Chinese women

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