The annual list of the People Who Moved China in 2023 was published during an award ceremony on China Central Television (CCTV) on April 8.

Liu Lingli, a teacher at the Hengyang Special Education School in Hengyang City, Hunan Province, was on the list, commended for sticking to her post and devoting herself to enlightening special children with love for more than 30 years.

Liu Lingli is honored as one of the "People Who Moved China in 2023".

Graduating from a normal college in Nanjing with a degree in special education in 1991, Liu was recruited by the special education school in Hengyang. She has taught language and aural-speech rehabilitation as a class teacher and also a group leader in language teaching and research.

Liu gives aural-speech rehabilitation training.

Over the past 33 years, Liu has touched the hearts of special children with her sincerity and love. She has been continuously exploring and practicing, helping these kids "hear" the world. With her help, more than 30 hearing-impaired students in Liu's class can speak, among whom 15 have been transferred into mainstream schools. She has financially supported four poor hearing-impaired students so that they could finish their schooling. On weekends, she also visited children who couldn't go to school because of severe disabilities.

Among Liu's students, some have been enrolled by institutions of higher education, some have become designers and teachers, and some worked as bakers and gardeners after receiving vocational education.  

"With proper training, the students are able to work and live a normal life," Liu said. She is always affectionately known as "Mother Liu" by her students.

Liu often demonstrates the pronunciation of a single letter more than 100 times.

Liu has been awarded with more than 30 honors, including "Good Teacher of the CPC and the People of China", "National March 8th Red-Banner Pacesetter", "National Model of Learning from Lei Feng", National Special Education Teacher Award, and "Outstanding Member of the CPC". In 2023, she was selected as a deputy to the 14th National People's Congress.

Liu helps a girl with her hair. 

"Being honored as one of the 'People Who Moved China' is a source of encouragement and motivation from our country and the people," Liu said. She vowed to remain dedicated to her role in special education, working even harder, and illuminating the way forward and warming the hearts of these special children.

Liu folds up a child's quilt.