Pat Yang

Pat Kwei-Ping Yang (simplified Chinese: 杨贵平; traditional Chinese: 楊貴平; pinyin: Yáng Guìpíng) is a Chinese-American rural education development expert,[1] dedicated to rural education and sustainable development in China,[2] with emphasis on women's literacy and health.[3]

Pat Kwei-Ping Yang
杨贵平
Born1940 (age 82–83)
Guizhou, China
EducationColumbia University
Known forSustainable development, Health care, Basic education

Pat Yang is founder of U.S.-based The Zigen Fund (滋根) and China-based China Zigen Association for Rural Education and Development (中国滋根乡村教育与发展促进会).[4]

Recognitions
  • 2012: China News Weekly “Influencing China People of the Year” honoree[5]
  • 2019: China "Honour Book of Sustainable Development Education" honoree[6]

Documentaries

Films produced by Pat Yang and directed by Christine Choy:

  • 2003: Sparrow Village - young girls yearn for education in a rural village of southwestern China[7][8]
  • 2007: No Fifth Grade - children in a village in Shanxi Province have to move to a bigger town to continue education of fifth grade and above[9][10][11]
  • 2007: Miao Village Medicine - barefoot doctors and hygienists working in a remote Miao village in Guizhou[12][13]

Publications
  • 2017: Co-creating a Sustainable Village: Teacher Training Handbook[14]
  • 2018: Rural Revitalization: Sustainable Development Talent Training Handbook[15]
  • 2018: Rural Adolescent Girls' Sexual Health Education Teacher Training Handbook[16]

References
  1. 中国滋根副秘书长杨贵平. 圆点直播. 2019-09-03.
  2. 扎根农村三十年，用教育滋养乡村. 教育杂志. 2018-08-14.
  3. 贫困农村青春期女童健康教育与性教育课程开发项目. 上海联劝公益基金会. 2018-06-25.
  4. 中国滋根乡村教育与发展促进会. 中国滋根网.
  5. "Influencing China People of the Year". China News Weekly. 2017-04-07.
  6. "China Zigen 2019 Newsletter 2019.04.29". Taiwan Zigen. April 29, 2019.
  7. "Sparrow Village". New York University Research Institute. 2003.
  8. Sparrow Village. WorldCat. 2003. OCLC 68961052.
  9. "Christine Choy's 'No Fifth Grade'". Asia Society. April 16, 2012.
  10. 吁侨界关注中国贫困地区 美侨团将放纪录片筹款. 中国新闻社. Nov 18, 2009.
  11. 吁侨界关注中国贫困地区 美侨团将放纪录片筹款. SINA Corp. Nov 18, 2009.
  12. 孟絲《兩部記錄片》. 好讀. 2013-12-13.
  13. 中國農村發展紀錄片放映活動. PTT影音娛樂區. Retrieved Nov 21, 2020.
  14. Wei, Manhua; Yang, Kwei-Ping (April 1, 2017). Co-creating a Sustainable Village: Teacher Training Handbook (in Chinese). Beijing Normal University Press. ISBN 978-7303222667.
  15. "Rural Revitalization: Sustainable Development Talent Training Handbook" (in Chinese). 网易公司. 2018 – via 引凤计划.
  16. "Rural Adolescent Girls' Sexual Health Education Teacher Training Handbook" (in Chinese). Shanghai United Foundation. 2018.
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