Zhao Guilan at the conference of outstanding workers

群英会上的赵桂兰
Qunyinghui shangde Zhao Guilan
Zhao Guilan at the conference of outstanding workers
1951
Rongbaozhai xinji (荣宝斋新记), Beijing
24.5x34 cm.
BG C15/691

Zhao Guilan (赵桂兰) was a chemical worker who risked her life to protect the state-owned factory she worked in from disaster. She was praised as model worker and received by Mao and other state leaders during the National Conference of Model Workers, Peasants and Soldiers, 25 September 1950 in the Huairen Hall (怀仁堂) in Zhongnanhai, the government's leadership compound in Beijing.
This small print version of a painting by Lin Gang has titles in English and Russian; the English title is "Chairman Mao Talking with Chao Kwei-lan at a Meeting of Labour and Combat Heroes". The large version can be found here.

39.91547, 116.37781

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