This day, 8 February, in 2003, Xinhua News Agency reported that China had sent female soldiers to participate in United Nations peacekeeping operations for the first time. They were military doctors and nurses from a hospital in the Shenyang Military Region who joined China’s medical team going to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to perform United Nations’ peacekeeping missions.
2003年2月8日的这一天，新华社报道，中国首次派遣女兵参加联合国维和行动。 他们是沈阳军区一家医院的军医和护士，他们加入了前往刚果民主共和国执行联合国维和任务的中国医疗队。
