Open interior of a collective-enterprise employee ID (集体工作证)

Description

Open interior of a collective-enterprise employee ID (集体工作证): left page has a color portrait of a young woman and the ID number; right page is handwritten with work unit (Angang affiliated-enterprise metrology/repair plant), name, sex, birth date, occupation (printer), and home residence, under a red unit seal.

Significance to the comparison

Everyday material evidence of working life at Angang (Anshan Iron & Steel), contributed from a family collection. Objects like this are the physical trace of the danwei world the oral histories describe.

Provenance

Field collection

Photographed in Anshan, July 2026; contributed by a participating family; personal identifiers redacted where present. Original held by the family.

Evidence media

• Photograph of the object (web copy shown; original held privately) — personal details redacted.

Sources single-source record — corroborating source pending

1. Anshan field collection, July 2026 (photograph; original held by the contributing family).