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百位巾帼英雄!殷玉珍等三位中国女性入选

10月15日,联合国粮食及农业组织(FAO)在意大利罗马总部举行活动,表彰“粮农组织农业粮食体系与农村发展百位巾帼英雄”。

三位中国女性入选,分别为长期致力于荒漠治理的殷玉珍、以科技促进现代农业发展的董敏芳,以及传承艾灸技艺、带动乡村就业的余锦秀。
Three Chinese women, including Yin Yuzhen, who has devoted more than four decades to combating desertification in northern China, were among 100 Women Heroes in Agrifood Systems and Rural Development honored by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, or FAO, at its headquarters in Rome on Thursday.

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联合国粮农组织总干事屈冬玉为殷玉珍颁奖,赛考斯作为特邀嘉宾被请上台共同见证这一高光时刻。

40多年来,殷玉珍与家人、当地群众在政府支持下,持续开展植树造林和生态修复。据国家林业和草原局数据,殷玉珍家周边的毛乌素沙地已有超过46平方公里得到治理,累计栽种树木超过800万棵。

Over the past four decades, more than 46 square kilometers of sandy land around Yin's home in the Mu Us Sandy Land have been rehabilitated, with over eight million trees planted through efforts involving Yin, her family, local communities and government support, according to China's National Forestry and Grassland Administration.

另外两位中国女性同样了不起

来自湖南的董敏芳,通过农业合作社推广机械化粮食生产,为农村女性撑起一片天,成为推动农业可持续发展与女性赋能的领头人。

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联合国粮农组织总干事屈冬玉为董敏芳颁奖。

来自湖北的余锦秀,致力于传承蕲春艾灸疗法,已培训超过3万名艾灸从业人员,支持数千人就业创业,助力打造蓬勃发展的艾草产业,通过传统技艺推动乡村振兴、妇女赋权和包容性经济发展。

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联合国粮农组织总干事屈冬玉为余锦秀颁奖。

The other two Chinese honorees were Dong Minfang from Hunan province, who promotes mechanized farming and supports rural women through agricultural cooperatives, and Yu Jinxiu from Hubei province, who has trained over 30,000 practitioners of moxibustion heat therapy, helping preserve traditional skills and create rural jobs.

2024年5月,联合国大会宣布将2026年定为“国际女农民年”,旨在肯定女性对农业粮食体系的贡献,推动解决女性在土地、资金、技术和决策参与等方面面临的不平等问题。粮农组织为此发起“百位巾帼英雄”表彰活动,向在农业、环境保护和乡村发展领域作出贡献的女性致敬。

跨越27年的中美友谊

此次受邀出席罗马表彰活动的,还有殷玉珍的一位美国老朋友——退休历史教师罗纳德·赛考斯(Ronald Sakolsky)。

上世纪90年代,赛考斯被殷玉珍坚持治沙的精神打动,为她筹集了5000美元植树资金。由此,两人结下了一段延续27年多的友谊,并在今年在中国再聚首,此次又在罗马重逢。

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殷玉珍与赛考斯在罗马重逢。

“她所获得的一切荣誉,都是她应得的。”赛考斯在罗马接受《中国日报》采访时说。“她为守护地球母亲付出了巨大努力,并证明了不可能的事情也能成为可能。”

"Everything she gets, Ms Yin, she deserves," Sakolsky told China Daily. "She has worked very, very hard to take care of Mother Earth and to prove that the impossible is possible."

今年9月24日,习近平主席在美国华盛顿白宫出席特朗普总统举行的国宴时,讲述了殷玉珍和赛考斯的友谊故事。

习近平指出,这个故事感动了许多中国人,是两国人民友好交往的生动写照。

Their friendship attracted international attention after President Xi Jinping recounted their story during his remarks at a state dinner hosted by US President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington on Sept 24.

Xi said their story touches the hearts of many Chinese people and stands as a shining example of the friendly exchanges between the two peoples.

谈及这段跨越国界的友谊,赛考斯说,他希望有更多人能够从他们的故事中受到启发。

“殷女士和我正在向世界证明,中国人和美国人能够友好相处。但我们只是两个人,我们也希望有更多的人能够像我们一样。”他说。

"Ms Yin and I are showing the world that Chinese and Americans can get along, but we are only two people and I hope other people want to be like us," he said.

“我们生活在同一个地球上。不存在一个中国的地球和一个美国的地球,地球只有一个。”

“为了人类,我们必须找到友好相处的办法。我们不一定非得成为最好的朋友,但我们需要成为朋友。”

"We live on one Earth. It is not a Chinese Earth and an American Earth. It is only one Earth... so for the sake of mankind, we must find a way to get along. We don’t have to be best friends. We just need to be friends."

记者:张周项

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