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A still features Zhang Guimei and her students, as well as fellow teachers. Director Fei Zhenxiang, a veteran with a filmmaking career spanning over 20 years, said that the new drama represents his first foray into shooting a biographical tale, making the creative process a cherished memory for himself. Still serving as the principal of Huaping Senior High School for …

Zhang Guimei, principal of Huaping High School for Girls, a free public high school, in Huaping county, Lijiang, Yunnan province, checks students in class. Recalling 2022, Zhang Guimei, principal of Huaping Senior High School for Girls in Huaping county, Yunnan province, has mixed emotions. "In the past year, I've had joys and also worry," Zhang, 65, wrote in a signed …

Chinese play, Teacher Guimei, by Yunnan Drama Theater, will make its debut in Beijing on Aug 9. With the little girl lingering in her mind, Zhang tried to figure out how to help the local girls who cannot afford their school fees because their parents usually save money for their sons instead. A year later, Huaping Girls' High School, China's …

Role model Zhang Guimei addresses students at Huaping Girls' High School in Lijiang, Yunnan province, in September 2020. In 2008, Huaping Girls' High School, China's first tuition-free high school, was opened and enrolled 100 students, with Zhang as its president. Shan Qiyan, who graduated from Huaping Girls' High School in 2014, called the school "a big family with Zhang having …

Zhang Guimei, principal of Huaping High School for Girls, a free public high school, in Huaping county, Lijiang, Yunnan province, checks students in class. About 20 years ago, while on the way to visit a student's house, Zhang Guimei, then a rural teacher in Huaping county, Lijiang, Yunnan province, noticed a girl sitting on the hillside. "We always say, each …