Ge Mingxia, Gong Xueming honored as "Pride of Zhejiang"

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Category: Ningbo News

Published: Tuesday, 27 December 2011 20:02

On the evening of Dec. 22, under the interview of the famous TV anchor Bai Yansong, the award ceremony of “The Pride of Zhejiang-the most influential people in 2011” was held at the Zhejiang TV Station. Ge Mingxia and Gong Xueming from Ningbo won this title.
At the ceremony, Ge Mingxia was the third one to be announce as a figure of the year. Bai Yansong asked her “from your colleagues we know you are always as happy as attending a marriage ceremony everyday, do you really have so many happy things?” “Each of my students is an angel, so I am sure to feel happy to stay with angels.” Her reply won warm applause.
Gong Xueming was the fourth to be announced. After Bai Yansong’s interview, a few minutes was left for Gong to publicize his newly-founded “Lan-Tian-Xia Ai-Xin Studio” (or Charity Studio Under Blue Sky). Gong affectionately said “let’s join together to help the children who are deprived of schooling for poverty.” Bai Yansong also added “Gong and his wife opened a charity car wash center, so the more you go there to have your cars cleaned, the more money they will earn to help more children.”
The 49-year-old Ge Mingxia is a senior teacher of Ninghai Yuelong Middle School. She developed an “Affectionate Teaching Method”. The 40-year-old Gong Xueming has a car wash center in Hushan Street, Cixi City. In the past 15 years, he has helped more than 100 poor students and helped more than 5600 students find their sponsors in Ningbo. So he is called “matchmaker of student aiding”.
The selection of “The Pride of Zhejiang” was initiated by Zhejiang provincial publicity department and sponsored by the Radio and Television Group of Zhejiang, undertaken by Qianjiang Channel and jointly organized by more than 30 media agencies. Last night, the selection committee publicized the result based on public votes and experts’ evaluation. 10 out of 40 candidates were honored as “The Pride of Zhejiang”.
It is learned that the selection was started in 2005. In the past 7 years, 9 people from Ningbo have been honored as “The Pride of Zhejiang”. Among them, Wang Yanqin, a communist cadre, has been devoted himself to caring about the disabled. Lin Ping has donated part of her liver to save an eight-year old girl.
Besides, Chen Jun, the first stem cells donator in the Zhejiang Press, blood donators for injuries in the 7•23 Wenzhou Fatal Crash and other six individuals and groups were awarded as “The Pride of Zhejiang”.