From the Loess Plateau to the Banks of West Lake

Li Zhaodi, a girl from a village in rural Gansu, shouldered the weight of her family from an early age as the eldest daughter. Determined to change her fate, she resolutely left the Loess Plateau and traveled from Inner Mongolia to Xi’an, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Hong Kong. She kept learning new skills as she went, striving to climb higher through every hardship. Her life is a portrait of countless hardworking women in China.