Daily LIFT #1537

HO CHIEN - HSIU, Model Spinner, People's Republic of China, 1951 -- Daily LIFT #1537

"HO CHIEN - HSIU is a Model Spinner at the No. 6 State cotton Mill in Tsingtao. She was awarded the title for cutting waste down to 0.25 per cent of total yarn spun (one-sixth of the average rate of waste), and doubling the number of spindles she was able to tend from 300 to 600.

She did not accomplish this through extra strain or longer working hours, but through improved working methods and care of the machines.

The l7-year old Model Spinner has now devised a new method of work which will save the country millions of dollars. Deep patriotism which she wished to express through a contribution to the movement to resist US aggression and aid Korea was the motive which inspired her achievement.

Today leading workers of the industry, trade union leaders, technicians and model workers from all other textile centres are visiting Tsingtao to study her methods and apply them in their own localities." - People's China, 1951