Inclusive hiring alters lives of disabled people

Chris McMillan
Oct 11, 2025
1 min read

China Daily

10th October 2025

On a recent sweltering afternoon in Jixi, Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, Qiu Xin balanced on a ladder outside a factory studio, chalking the outline of a panda across the wall.

Deaf and mute since birth, Qiu is now a designer at ESP China, a guitar maker with an unusual workforce. Her handiwork extends beyond the factory floor to the very walls of the building. "Design is not just a job," she wrote on a slip of paper. "It's what I love."

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