The Postman of the Hongze Lake  

作　　者：DU CHAO 

机构地区：[1]不详

出　　处：《China Today》2021年第6期54-57,共4页今日中国（英文版）

摘　　要：THE swan goose is a large waterfowl of the Anatidae bird family.This bird lives mainly in and around lakes,ponds,rivers,and swamps.It has been circulated in China that the swan goose can carry letters for humans,hence the laudatory title of postman has been given to this bird.Tang Zhenya is a national model worker,a national moral model,and a delegate to the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.For more than 20 years,he has traveled more than 20 kilometers across the Hongze Lake every day on a small row boat to distribute more than a million letters and newspapers.Tang provides services for an area of more than 300 square kilometers.Due to the nature and responsibilities of his work,local fishermen call him the“Swan Goose of the Hongze Lake.”

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分 类 号：D648.1[政治法律—政治学] F616[政治法律—中外政治制度]