Stories of China｜Wu Yi：China‘s

A three-time winner of Time Magazine’s 'Most Powerful Women in the World,' Wu Yi was one of the most prominent Chinese politicians of the 2000s. Vice premier between 2003 and 2008, Chinese media referred to her as the ‘Iron Lady of China’ due to her tough negotiations internationally.

An adept politician, Wu spent most of her adult life as a petroleum technician and party member, before being elected Beijing’s mayor in 1988. She eventually worked her way up through the party ranks until she was made a member of the politburo and vice premier.She is also known for successfully containing the 2002 SARS outbreak when she was health minister.

Wu retired in 2008, and humbly asked that nobody remember her.