Wang Qiong is hard at work as a deputy to the 14th National People's Congress and chief engineer for water quality inspection at Zongguan Waterworks in Wuhan, Hubei province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

This year, she has fresh ideas: building a national research center for finless porpoise breeding, launching a digital communication platform, and making the finless porpoise Wuhan's official ecological mascot.

Wang said that water quality in the Wuhan section of the Yangtze and Hanjiang rivers has maintained Grade II for six years, and fish resources have tripled since the fishing ban.