Zhu Xueqin, a 2007 Business Administration graduate from Shanghai Television University (Shanghai RTVU), is now Chairman of the Labor Union and Secretary of the Youth League Branch at Shanghai Huari Garment Co.Ltd. She has been awarded many honorary titles, including National Textile Industry Model Worker, National Advanced Knowledge-Based Worker, Shanghai Model Worker, and so on.

“I never expected I would be elected Vice Chairman. As a migrant worker, I will do a better job representing them.”On February 29, 2016, at the 7thPlenary Session of Shanghai Federation of Labor Union’s (Shanghai FLU)13th Committee, Zhu Xueqin was elected Shanghai FLU’s part-time Vice Chairman. After being elected deputy to the National People's Congress(NPC) in 2008, the post 75s migrant worker girl from Suining County, is now entrusted with a new role.

In 1995, 18 year-old Zhu Xueqin from Suining came to Shanghai to begin struggling for her livelihood after dropping out of senior middle school. She firmly believed that she could change her fate through hard work. In that same year, she was recruited by Shanghai Huari Garment Co., Ltd. In 1998, she was sent to Japan for further education for three years. After returning home, she appeared on the production line right the very next day. She developed a production process for a pair of suit pants requiring only 2,800 seconds and 84 steps that remains unsurpassed in the industry. On January 29, 2008, Zhu Xueqin was elected deputy to the NPC as a migrant worker. On the morning of March 5thin the same year, she stepped into the solemn Great Hall of the People and participated in the opening ceremony of the 11th NPC’s 1st Session. In 2010, Zhu Xueqin officially settled down in Shanghai.

At present, Zhu Xueqin is Chairman of the Labor Union, as well as both Sales Director and Director of the Female Work Committee at Shanghai Huari Garment Co., Ltd. Zhu Xueqin gradually developed from a migrant worker to a core technician, innovative expert, and knowledge-based worker in the company. She has been honored with many outstanding titles, including National Advanced Knowledge-Based Worker, Top Ten Outstanding Migrant Worker Nationwide, May 1st Labor Medal at both the national level and in Shanghai, and Outstanding National and Shanghai Model Worker. She was the first migrant worker deputy from Shanghai. With the help of the Labor Union in Putuo district, she opened the "Zhu Xueqin Studio,"conducting grassroots outreach and research in order to communicate with migrant workers, understand their aspirations and expectations,and help farm workers resolve problems related to infringements of their legal rights and interests.

In a telephone interview on the evening of March 1, 2016, Zhu Xueqin shared,“I came from Xuzhou.It was the trust of the organization and all of the people that elected me as part-time Vice Chairman of Shanghai FLU. I represent a group of migrant workers. I have the responsibility to transfer their demands to higher-level authorities. Meanwhile, I will be an excellent bridge between the government and the migrant workers by promptly passing on information released by the party, the government, and the trade union to the migrant workers in Shanghai. I hope to continue to safeguard migrant workers’ legitimate rights and interests through Zhu Xueqin Studio."

As a NPC deputy, Zhu Xueqin will go to Beijing today to participate in the “Two Sessions”of the NPC and CPPCC. Zhu Xueqin has been participating in the “Two Sessions”for nine consecutive years, with all of her proposals and statements expressing the wishes of migrant workers. When talking about migrant workers, Zhu Xueqin said she encouraged more knowledge and technology-based migrant workers to return to their homes to do business, and also hoped that local governments would support and assist with policies, so as to foster public entrepreneurship and innovation.

By Xuzhou Release, WeChat public number of Xuzhou government information office