In this capacity she not only sought to uphold the rule of law as per the Chinese constitution, but also promoted women's rights in China, particularly in rural areas.
[4] In 2001, Wu won the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service, which has been called "Asia's Nobel Prize"; she was the first Chinese woman to receive this honour.
[4] Wu Qing continues to be involved with the Bing Xin Children's Literature Award (named after her mother).
[5] Her father was a sociologist who had founded the theory of sociology as relevant to China and encouraged students to do research in this field.
Premier Zhou Enlai was her father's friend and her role model, and he encouraged her to learn English as it provided a link to the outside world.
[7] Wu taught English and American studies for 40 years from 1960 to 2000 at the Beijing Foreign Languages Institute.
Within the premises of this college she spends every Tuesday afternoon hearing the grievances of rural people to provide redress.
[3] Wu's advocacy is for ensuring the government's adherence to promises to people and not allowing misuse of power as she says: "I believe in the rule of law.
[8] As of 2009, Wu had served as People's Deputy of the Congress for a seventh term as an elected member which records her 25 years of service in a legislative capacity.
"[4] From 1988 to 2007, with support from peer deputies at the district level, Wu worked at the Beijing Municipal People’s Congress, the city’s parliament for four terms.
The objective of her school is to make young women from rural areas literate, computer savvy, get basic legal knowledge, and also learn a trade for living.
[3] The Changping District Education Committee gave her the title of “Outstanding Individual of 2007”, Chinese Senior Citizens’ magazine named her the “Top Cover Personality”, and the Schwab Foundation Network honoured her with an award as the World’s Outstanding Social Entrepreneurs of 2003.