The theory is essential for Party building and socialism construction, she added. It is not empty talk but is embodied in practice.

Gao Guolan, 40, is a doctor and also the deputy director of Jiangxi Tumor Hospital. She recalled two hard choices she had made in life. One was to decide to work in Jiangxi Tumor Hospital for a year as a member of the Service League of People with Doctorate Degree, a program initiated by several government departments to serve old revolutionary bases, which have been lagged far behind in economic development. The other choice was to stay and continue to work with the hospital in Nanchang, capital city of Jiangxi, instead of going back to her hometown, Chengdu, capital of Sichuan Province, where life could be much easier for her.

Always bearing firmly in mind that a Party member should serve the people who need her most and give priority to the fundamental interests and benefits of the people, she gave up many self-development opportunities. When she worked with the hospital in Nanchang, she had to separate temporally with her husband and daughter, who were in Chengdu.

But Dr. Gao devoted herself whole-heartedly to her work. After she took the position of deputy director of the hospital, she launched a reform program in the Medicine Purchase and Supply Department so as to reduce the costs for the patients. With strict regulations, she introduced the practice of inviting bid in medicine purchasing and effectively curbed the phenomenon of medical staff accepting commission. This won high acclaim from patients but annoyed many of her colleagues. Yet she firmly believes what she did was right because she safeguarded the rights of the patients and also protected the honor of the hospital.

She also reformed the hospital's salary system, which aroused the staff members' enthusiasm and upgraded the overall strength of the hospital.

Looking into the future, Gao is confident that China's health undertakings will further develop along with other social advancement under the guidance of the principle reiterated in Jiang's report.

To promote the people's health, Dr. Gao will continue devoting herself to the career she has been pursuing in order to fulfill her responsibility as a Party member. Three Represents theory will always guide her work. "To cure my patients is what I most care about, after all," she said.

(china.org.cn by staff reporter Guo Xiaohong November 9, 2002)