Seeking the right answers

A teacher, a deputy of the National People's Congress, listens to people's problems and proposes solutions, Xing Wen and Yang Jun report.

The long summer and winter vacations during which teachers can recharge their batteries and prepare for a new semester is certainly a perk. But Wu Minglan, a primary school teacher in Liupanshui city, Guizhou province, has certainly not seen it that way for the past seven years.

Wu, a Chinese teacher at Liupanshui Experimental Primary School, has been devoting her spare time to finding out the pressing social needs of people by conducting door-to-door surveys and drafting proposals for the National People's Congress since she was selected as an NPC deputy in 2013.