一位内蒙古自治区阿拉善右旗的护边员用55年的坚守给出了答案。[1]这位全国优秀共产党员于1971年响应号召，时年25岁来到塔木素布拉格苏木民兵点驻扎，从此与家人扎根在离中蒙边境线不远的荒漠之中。[1]面对40多公里的边境线、每圈需要10小时的巡边路线，她累计巡边路程超过80万公里——相当于绕地球赤道20圈——诠释了基层护边员的担当精神。[1]
如今虽然年事已高且患病行动困难，但她并未停下脚步。[1]2023年，她的孙子宝泉大学毕业后主动选择回到边境，成为派出所辅警，与祖母和父亲一起继续为边境稳固贡献力量。[1]祖孙三代的接力巡边，深刻诠释了为何即使在有边防部队的地方，仍然需要护边员的存在。[1]
A dedicated frontier protector has shared her remarkable 55-year journey defending the China-Mongolia border.[1] At age 25 in 1971, she answered the national call to serve at a militia outpost near the border in Tamushubulage Sume, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, where she and her family have maintained their post in harsh desert conditions.[1] The border section under their watch stretches over 40 kilometers, requiring 10 hours to complete a single patrol circuit.[1]
Over the decades, her family's cumulative patrol distance has exceeded 800,000 kilometers—equivalent to circling Earth's equator 20 times.[1] She submitted her application to join the Communist Party in 1975 and became a party member.[1] Today, despite health challenges that have made movement difficult, she continues this vital work alongside her son and grandson.[1] In 2023, her grandson Baoquan returned to the border after graduating from university, voluntarily choosing to work as an auxiliary police officer at the frontier police station, creating a three-generation lineage of border defenders.[1] As a nationally recognized outstanding Communist Party member from a herding family in Alxa Right Banner, she embodies the steadfast dedication that frontier protectors bring to safeguarding border stability.[1]