Five groups of female scientists and ten individual women have been honored as national-level role models by the All-China Women's Federation for their contributions to a series of China's scientific breakthroughs.

The federation issued an announcement that Yang Hui and nine other female scientists from the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation had been honored for their contributions to the deployment of China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS-3).

The federation encourages women in science to learn from these role models and offer valuable contributions to the complete construction of a modern socialist China.