She-power shines brightly.

With their particular wisdom and remarkable power, female scientists compose their scientific legends and scale new heights in science.

"Women hold up half the sky." This is not just a slogan but a reality at Zhejiang Lab (ZJ Lab).

On International Women's Day 2024 (March 8), ZJ Lab officially announced the establishment of the Haitang Research and Exploration Group (hereinafter referred to as the "Research Group") and the Haitang Social Practice Group of the Women's Commission as a platform for all female workers of ZJ Lab to engage in joint contribution, shared benefits and interactions and exploit their talents.

On July 4, 2024, the Research Group Initiation Ceremony and the First Forum for Women in Scientific Research were held at ZJ Lab as scheduled.

At the scene, every member wears a haitang badge symbolizing ZJ Lab's female power. It also means their formal accession to the Research Group.

Badge Awarding Ceremony

CHEN Suhong, Vice President of Hangzhou Women's Association for Science and Technology, congratulates the organizer on such a well-run and enjoyable event.

Talk about "She-Exploration" and Show "She-Power"

At the scientific forum, four outstanding female researchers delivered fabulous academic presentations.

MA Lijia, a research fellow from Westlake University, explained human genome research and therapy in simple language, and told some stories about how domestic and foreign scientists conquered genetic diseases.

LIANG Bian, a senior engineer from ZJ Lab's Intelligent Computing Infrastructure Innovation Center, described some practical solutions to the problems in high-standard intelligent computing infrastructure development, starting with the current state of large language models.

Let's See "She-power" and Listen to "She-Answer"

During the roundtable discussion, the guests and ZJ Lab's employees shared female researchers' understanding of scientific research and career choices, as well as their thoughts on issues such as time management.

"I'm mainly engaged in research on traditional Chinese medicine and pharmacy. After hearing presentations from these female scientists today, I think that traditional Chinese medicine and pharmacy should also blaze new trails with the help of modern science and technology. I look forward to the sparks between traditional Chinese medicine and pharmacy and intelligent computing, which will generate new ideas and achievements from interdisciplinary integration," said CHEN Suhong.

When it comes to women's career planning and intrinsic motivation, ZHAO Huijie said that thanks to the development of women's cause and economic and social progress in China, modern women have an ever-stronger sense of fulfillment, happiness and security, and more space for career development, and they enjoy more career options and support for employment in S&T fields. While doing painstaking research, they should keep exercising and a regular schedule, and actively seek outside help in family matters, so that their minds and bodies are tough enough to tackle the challenges they face in scientific research and life.

Riding the waves of science and technology, women never fight alone. In the future, the Haitang Research and Exploration Group and the Haitang Social Practice Group will organize a series of research salons, public welfare practices and other events on a regular basis to discover women's power, pool women's wisdom, show women's elegant demeanor, and encourage and support ZJ Lab's female workers who dream of serving the country through science and technology to make a unique contribution to the high-quality development of ZJ Lab's "secondary startup.