Ge Yu, a 26-year-old engineer with the China Railway Siyuan Survey and Design Group, was awarded the Hubei May First Labor Medal on May 4.

She was responsible for the design of the Genshanmen electric multiple unit (EMU) maintenance station in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, the country's first comprehensive project of its kind.

This major urban design and architecture project above the maintenance station aims to achieve large-scale, transport-oriented development, and integrate the railway network with the city. The project, covering several city blocks, includes the provision of residential, retail, education, commercial and transport infrastructure with the integration of rail, bus and ferry systems.

Ge joined Siyuan Group in 2016, and spent three years on the Genshanmen project. She has obtained eight invention patents and published two research papers.