State Grid Turpan's 1st female drone flyer keeps power lines working

For her, gender is not important in the job.

"My work is no different from my male colleagues," she said. "I like the job better than office work. I find it meaningful to help put the new technology into use."

Lu is currently leading a new project attempting to use drones to inspect and repair power towers at the same time.

"The project, if works, will ease the manual workload," she added.

Wang Di and Qu Xiaodan in Turpan, Xinjiang contributed to this story.