Delegate in Wheelchair

Hou Jingjing, a delegate to the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), attends the opening ceremony of the 18th CPC National Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 8, 2012. Hou, with her legs paralyzed due to a misdiagnosis when she was 11, has struggled through life and won her PhD Degree at the Nanjing Normal University in 2004, becoming China's first female doctor in wheelchair. Now Hou works as an associate professor at the Nanjing Normal University. She was elected as a delegate to the 17th and 18th CPC national congresses. [Xinhua]