Zheng Xiaoqiong, born in 1980, is a Chinese poetess. She worked as a migrant labourer in a metal goods factory in Dongguan in Guangdong province and had published a few poems. In 2007, she won the prestigious Liqun Literature Price. Her first volume of poetry “女工记” [The Book of Women Workers], was published in 2012, in which she portrays female migrant workers based on her own experiences and numerous interviews. Since then, five more volumes have been published and her texts have been translated into German, English, French, Japanese and Turkish. Zheng Xiaoqiong is also a regular guest at international literature festivals. Her poetry conveys the reality of everyday life in factories as well as the effects of global capitalism on nature.