Liu Guixiang demonstrates the proper way to feed an infant using a model at her training center in Jinan, East China's Shandong province. (Photo/chinadaily.com.cn)
Liu Guixiang never thought she'd end up as the chief instructor training hundreds of maternity matrons to help families with newborn babies after she was forced to step down in 2000 from a factory job in Jinan, East China's Shandong province.
The experienced maternity matron told China Daily website that now she can earn as much as 15,000 yuan (US $2,330) or more per month, and anyone who wants to hire her has to make an appointment six months in advance.
"It is not the high salary but my skills and abilities that have been recognized that make me feel satisfied," the 61-year-old said.
Her original intention was to provide family services geared toward those who were young and with a limited educational background. She thought it would be easy. "But saying is one thing; doing is another."
