Hangzhou role models are recognized at the award ceremony for the 15th Hangzhou Role Model and 7th Most Beautiful Hangzhou Resident Contest on Jan 8. [Photo/zj.zjol.com.cn]

Hangzhou role models were recognized at the award ceremony for the 15th Hangzhou Role Model and 7th Most Beautiful Hangzhou Resident Contest on Jan 8.

The role models honored at the ceremony included Wu Guangchao, a doctor at a rural clinic, Jin Yi, an official working at a jail management department in Hangzhou, and Zhang Fanglin, a doctor at the Hangzhou Cancer Hospital, to name a few.

The "most beautiful Hangzhou resident" title winners included Wang Muzhen, a retired teacher at the Hangzhou High School, Gui Yuemei, former dean of the Baijiang Town Nursing Home in Tonglu county, and Sun Haibo, an official working at the management committee of the Liangzhu archaeological site, among others.

Zhou Jiangyong, Party chief of Hangzhou, and a number of other top Hangzhou officials, attended the ceremony and presented awards.