For the last five years, the air has been clearing up

In 2002, she became the first person from her country to receive China's Friendship Award, the highest honor given to foreigners by the central government

She is now helping the development area build a China-South Korea Industry Park, and she has already brought in three South Korean companies to invest in the city's high-tech zone

She received Bachelor of Science at Stanford University and Doctor of Medicine from the University of Utah, according to faculty information of Pittsburgh University

And she was the first South Korean citizen to gain permanent residency in China in 2006