Bilibili star, Zhao Hongcheng, uses her platform to promote greater understanding of the lives and needs of disabled people.
According to the1 data from the China Disabled Persons' Federation, as of February 2020, the total number of disabled people in China reached 85 million,2
6.21 percent of the country's total population.
Compared to most people with disabilities, Zhao is3.
Born in 1990, a4has been part of Zhao's life since she was 1 year old due to the aftereffects of a disease. However, it did not stop her from completing her5and graduate studies before becoming a6worker in Shanghai.
Her childhood was relatively7thanks to the support of her parents. They attached great importance to her education, so she8completed her studies. Zhao9in English at a university in Hunan province and later pursued a master's degree in English literature at a university in Shanghai.
After graduating, Zhao was10by e-commerce giant Alibaba in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. She spent the next five years working in the Internet industry as a product manager.
In 2019, the rising popularity of short videos11Zhao.
She felt that she should make some videos of what she12in her daily life. If it went well, it could give people with disabilities references and suggestions, and if not,13 it would draw people's attention to related issues.
After her fourth video spread widely on the Internet, she14to make short videos and, in 2021, became a full-time content creator on Bilibili.
And now, as a video content creator who has over 84,000 followers on the video-sharing platform Bilibili, Zhao wants to be a15between the disabled and the rest of society.
