[1] The subjects of her photographs were often related to the government of the Communist movement, including factories and other factors of production, army units, schools, and poor rural Chinese villages.

[1] She became the head of the China Photographers Association (CPA) in 2002 and served in that position until her death in 2008.

[2] Shao was a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) from 1988 to 2002, when she began displaying her photographs publicly.

[3] The couple had one son, Mao Xinyu was born in 1970 at People's Liberation Army Hospital.

[citation needed] Shao Hua died in Beijing due to breast cancer on 24 June 2008, at the age of 69.