摘要
ON March 6, 1997, Pan Shizhen, 61,arrived at the provincial capital of Hangzhou. The town authorities sent a car to take her to the multi-starred hotel where she would be receiving an award for her efforts in afforestation. Walking into the grand hotel, Pan remarked, "The air here isn’t as good as in my hometown." Pan’s hometown is Lantian Village of Ancheng Town in Zhejiang Province. In the spring of 1989, Ancheng’s women’s federation called upon the women in the town to study new technologies and try to earn an annual income of 3,000 yuan. As the chairwoman of her village