The moment that Jiang Mengnan received the award(奖) of Person Touching China for 2021, she said she most wanted to express her thanks to her parents. She was chosen on March 3,2022 to receive the award given on CCTV, which chooses 10 models nationwide every year who spread positive energy.
Born in 1992, Jiang's world has been silent since she was 6 months old, when medicine she was given completely hurt her hearing When she was a very young child, her parents began teaching her to read lips(嘴唇). They also taught her how to make sounds by putting her hands on their throats. It was very slow and hard, but her parents never gave up and Jiang leaned to speak.
When she was old enough, Jiang was accepted to a normal primary school, not a special school for the disabled. It was difficult at first. During lessons, teachers would often write on the blackboard with their backs to the students, so Jiang missed much what the teachers said. She had to copy down everything on the blackboard and study alone after class to keep up with her classmates.
Her strong willpower(意志力) made her a top student. In 201l, she achieved a very high score on the national college entrance exam and got into Jilin University. After graduation in 2015, she started a further degree at the same university. In 2018, she was accepted as PhD(学士学位) student at Tsinghua University's School of Life Sciences.
