Title: Merit of Great Powers: The Story of the Winner of the Medal of the Republic. Authors: Xu Deming and Zhang Xing. Wonderful content: Xigou Village, Pingshun County, Shanxi Province, is a small mountain village hidden in the depths of Taihang Mountain Canyon. It is remote and has harsh natural conditions. Since ancient times, villagers have depended on the weather for food, and their living conditions are very difficult. However, all this has changed because of an ordinary woman-Shen Jilan. Shen Jilan was the Deputy Secretary of the General Party Branch of Xigou Village and the representative of the first to thirteenth National People's Congress. She first proposed "equal pay for equal work for men and women" in the history of China, and won the honorary titles of "National Model Worker", "National Moral Model" and "Pioneer of Reform". She is a winner of the Republic Medal and a practitioner of reform and opening up. Over the years, she has never left Xigou, her hands have never left her job, her heart has never left the masses, and she has always maintained her true colors.