Guo Jing (activist)

Guo Jing (Chinese: 郭晶; born 1990/1991) is a Chinese women's rights activist, feminist activist, social worker, and book author based in Wuhan, Hubei Province, People’s Republic of China. She is known for writing Wuhan Lockdown Diary, a diary she wrote during the COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan, China. Her work has appeared in or has been covered by The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Guardian, and BBC News among others. Her book, Wuhan Lockdown Diary, was published in March 2020 by Taiwan Linking Publishing Company (台湾联经出版社).

Guo is also known for her feminist activism. In 2014, she sued a company in Zhejiang Province for gender discrimination and won. Guo Jing's case is believed to be the first time in China's history that a job seeker won a gender discrimination case against a potential employer.