Student Zhou Ling was made 2013 BNU Annual Exemplary Figure

SSDPP’s Ph.D. student Zhou Ling received the honor of being 2013 BNU Annual Exemplary Figure in the award ceremony held on 16 January 2014, for her work of reaching out to the group of Pneumoconiosis-affected migrant workers. 

In 2011, Zhou co-founded the first NPO in China to target the group of migrant workers who contracted the occupational lung disease caused by inhalation of dust at workplace. The NPO was named Love Save Pneumoconiosis. 

So far, the organization has raised more than 12 million Yuan and helped improve the situation of more than 1,000 migrant workers. The efforts have also made an impact on the government’s policy making process. The National People’s Congress approved a proposal in 2013 which urges local government to cover the medical expenses of such migrant workers.