Qualification certificate with an affixed ID photo

Description

Qualification certificate with an affixed ID photo, stating the worker (then 37, a 中型轧钢厂 employee) completed the senior rolling-mill worker class from 1990-03 to 1991-01 and passed. Signed by the acting director; bears a serial number and red 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).