The woman is named Zhang Guimei, who was listed as one of the top 10 people that moved China in 2020 by China Central television, and a national outstanding member of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
这位女性名叫张桂梅,被中央电视台评为2020年中国十大感动人物之一,是中国共产党全国优秀党员。
In 2002, Zhang was a rural teacher.
2002年,张还是一名农村教师。
Seeing the backward and unequal distribution of educational resources in China's poor mountainous areas,
看到中国贫困山区教育资源的落后和不平等,
she vowed to build a free senior high school for girls in the mountains, so to offer them education and a possibility to go to the world beyond the mountains.
她发誓要为山区的女孩们建一所免费高中,让她们接受教育,让她们有机会走出山区走向世界。
However, in half a year after she established the school, nine of its 17 teachers resigned because of the poor conditions.
然而,建校半年后,学校17名教师中有9名因条件恶劣辞职。
Six out of the eight remaining teachers were Party members.
剩下的8名教师中有6名是党员。
From that day on, Zhang Guimei, together with other teachers, as well as the students, went all out.
从那天起,张桂梅就和其他老师以及学生们一起全力以赴。
Three years later, all 96 students of the school's first intake were admitted to universities.
三年后,该校首批招收的96名学生全部被大学录取。
Zhang, together with the rest of the teachers, helped 1,804 girls change their fate with knowledge by 12 years of perseverance.
张老师和其他老师一起通过12年的不懈努力,帮助1804名女孩用知识改变了她们的命运。