In the summer of 2015, the General Logistics Department of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) held a grand ceremony to promote the rank of major general, and the only woman who was promoted was Chen Wei, 49, one of the officers who graduated from Tsinghua University. She became a professor at the age of 35, a major general at the age of 49, an academician of the Academy of Engineering at the age of 53, and was awarded the honorable title of People's Hero in 2020.
The reason for her success lies in the significant contributions she has made in the past. Chen Wei and her team successfully developed interferon to inhibit SARS in 2003In 2014, she led a team to develop a vaccine against EbolaAnd in 2020, in the face of the raging epidemic, she once again charged ahead, and developed my country's first patented new crown vaccine in only a short time.
Over the years, Chen Wei has always devoted herself to scientific research regardless of her personal safety. Whenever she needs to rush to the front-line "battlefield", there is always a man who silently packs up for her and takes care of the housework, so that she can have no worries. This man is her husband Ma Yiming. In 1988, Chen Wei, a senior majoring in chemical engineering at Zhejiang University, won the opportunity to be admitted to Tsinghua University with outstanding results.
During her time at this university, she specialized in biochemical engineering, and although she came from a science background, she had a strong interest in literature and dance, and was an outgoing and lively personality. At that time, Chen Wei was not only the deputy editor of a school magazine, but also a frequent guest at the weekend dance, keen to accept new and challenging work. After the school opened a café, she became one of the first female waitresses.
When she was a graduate student, she was outstanding, delicate and gentle, cheerful and generous, and once became a "goddess" on campus. When he arrived in Beijing, Ma Yiming rented a palm-sized room in the capital, empty except for a sofa and a simple kerosene stove. However, this simple life did not affect the relationship between the two, on the contrary, they successfully resisted the worldly pressure from all sides.
Chen Wei's family was not optimistic about their relationship at first, after all, the two met on the train, and it was difficult to "know the roots". In addition, Ma Yiming's academic qualifications are not very prominent, and the age gap between the two is also quite large. However, these secular rules that were regarded as "taken for granted" did not make Chen Wei succumb, and in the end she resolutely chose love and entered the palace of marriage with Ma Yiming.
In their 31-year marriage, Ma Yiming almost never involved his wife in any household chores, because in his opinion, it was a waste to let Chen Wei do these things, and she should spend her time on more meaningful things. Her husband's actions allowed Chen Wei to focus on scientific research without worrying about housework, and their happy marriage made others envious. Perhaps the way they get along is also a revelation for those friends who can't balance family and career.