The woman who makes a difference

Meng Weina, founder and director of Hui Ling, was a furniture maker in Guangzhou when she read a newspaper article that changed her life.

In 1985, 30-year-old Meng, who had no mentally challenged friends or relatives, read an article written by Deng Pufang, son of China's late leader from 1978 through the early 1990s, Deng Xiaoping.

"In our culture, when you are 30 years old you have to start your career," Meng told METRO in an interview at Hui Ling's Beijing headquarter.