Zhang Haidi, the new chairperson of the China Disabled Persons' Federation (CDPF), delivers a speech during the closing session of the fifth national congress of the CDPF in Beijing, November 13, 2008. Zhang was elected as new chairperson of the CDPF on Thursday's session and former chairperson Deng Pufang would serve as the CDPF's honorable chairman. Writer and translator Zhang has long been known as a national role model for her tenacity. [Asianewsphoto]
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