Twenty-six years ago today, on September 8, 1999 (July 29, 1999), the Queen of England appointed Wu Bingzhi as Canada's first Chinese female governor-general. On September 8, 1999, Canadian Prime Minister Chrétien announced that Queen Elizabeth II appointed Wu Bingzhi (Adrianne Classen), a Hong Kong-born Chinese woman, as Canada's 26th governor-general; the current governor-general LeBron retired one year early due to health reasons. The news came that various media in Canada made a large-scale report. The Ottawa Citizen reported the matter under the title "From Refugee to Governor-General". The Canadian opposition party and women's groups unanimously agreed. The Chinese community responded particularly enthusiastically, believing that in the long run, the appointment of a Chinese governor will promote the all-round development of China-Canada relations, the development of the Chinese community and multiculturalism, and this decision broke the tradition of the British Empire. In Canada, there was a historic first Chinese governor and the second female governor in Canadian history. Wu Bingzhi was born in Hong Kong in 1939, her ancestral home is Taishan, Guangdong, and immigrated to Canada as a refugee in 1942. She later studied in Ottawa and Toronto, and received four honorary doctorates and three honorary academic achievement awards. She can speak fluent English and French. From 1965 to 1982 and 1988 to 1998, she worked for the National Broadcasting Corporation of Canada. She was a variety of presenters, wrote and directed films, and won 12 television awards in the United States and Canada for her television production. From 1987 to 1988, she was the editor-in-chief and publisher of a publishing house, and is currently the director of the Canadian Museum of Civilization. Wu Bingzhi's political career began in 1982, when she served as Ontario's first plenipotentiary in Paris. Wu Bingzhi was awarded the Order of Canada in 1992. She has also written articles for several national newspapers and magazines, and has published three books. Wu Yingcai, Wu Bingzhi's 93-year-old father, humorously said after hearing that his daughter had become a governor-general: "It is better for my family to have a Canadian governor-general than a beauty queen! She has been working in TV news for many years and is very famous. She will do a great job as the Governor General. "In the eyes of her father, Wu Bingzhi is a smart, confident, kind and lovely daughter. Her greatest characteristic is to speak sincerely and be sincere." If every sentence is said with good brain thinking, it may be false. "Wu Yingcai's daughter-in-law Wu Lide Hui was just appointed as the first Chinese senator in Canadian history by Prime Minister Chrétien in 1998. Later, his son Wu Weiquan won the Order of Canada, Canada's highest honor. Now her daughter became the Governor General of Canada. Within a year, Wu Yingcai was overjoyed to become the first family of Chinese Canadians. His hope for his daughter is that after becoming a governor, he will still be humble and upright, "you can associate with the king, but never lose the connection with ordinary people". Wu Yingcai recalls that Wu Bingzhi has been a confident girl since she was a child, she spoke French like a French girl; she also spoke Chinese like a French girl, but her Cantonese was not flattering. Wu Yingcai believes that Wu Bingzhi's achievements and ambitions are inseparable from his encouragement. He once said to his daughter: "Try to pick stars, or you will not get an inch of soil." Her mother sometimes disapproves of her being too ambitious, but her daughter always has her own ideas. Her academic performance has always been good, and she has been excellent in high school and college. At the age of 18, she became the president of the student body at a college affiliated with the University of Toronto. At that time, her brother was attending university in Montreal, and her parents wanted her to go there as well, but she must go to Toronto, and her determination was made by herself. Wu Yingcai also pointed out that his children are very proud of their Chinese roots. Wu Bingzhi, a journalist and host, is even more interested in China and often takes pride in being a Chinese Taishan. He believes that a daughter with these qualities will make a good governor. Wu Bingzhi's new husband is a famous Canadian philosopher and writer. She said that we have known each other for 15 years, and we share common ideas on certain matters, but at the same time we defend our views, which is very important to Canadians. Prime Minister Chrétien has not been shy about choosing Wu Bingzhi as the next governor-general. In addition to her qualifications of being from Ontario and knowing the official languages of Britain and France, she is also because she is a minority, reflects Canada's multiculturalism, represents the growing number of nearly one million Chinese immigrants, and most importantly, she loves Canada and the people of Canada. "Her appointment as governor-general reflects the multiculturalism and inclusiveness of our country, and shows that our country has become more and more mature over time." Wu Bingzhi was officially sworn in on October 7, 1999. Wu Bingzhi told the news media that I am the first female governor-general of a non-Canadian founding nation in Canadian history. I personally feel very honored. This appointment is of great significance to me and a major transformation for Canada's development. She specifically said that after serving as governor-general, she will not give up her responsibility to criticize because of her change of identity; leaving her daily life and political environment does not mean that she has lost her right to speak.