Yang Jia is the only visually impaired CPPCC member, or China’s national advisor. She is a professor with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and has her Master’s in Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School.
Yang Jia was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa at the age of 29, which led to her loss of her sight.
"People with visual impairment can take the national entrance exam just as sighted people can. That was one of my proposals. I have a sense of accomplishment," she says.
She also promotes accessible cinema for people with visual impairment, so that they can laugh and cry together with other moviegoers.
“I see no obstacles, but only opportunities,” says Yang Jia.
