"Monthly Sales of 62 Million Won"... Shoe-Cleaning Business of Woman in Her 30s Who Lost Left Arm and Leg Becomes Huge Success

According to Financial News, a Chinese influencer who lost her left arm and leg in a traffic accident has come into the spotlight after starting a shoe-cleaning business that offers employment opportunities to people with disabilities.
According to a report on the 11th by the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post (SCMP), the woman at the center of the story, 30-year-old Wang Xinyi, was involved in an accident in 2020, five years ago, while riding in a Porsche sports car driven by a friend, and had to undergo amputation of her left arm and leg.
She is said to have survived by overcoming three cardiac arrest crises and enduring a total of 14 surgeries.
After the accident, Wang’s boyfriend broke up with her, and even the friend who had escaped injury at the time of the crash reportedly stopped helping with her medical expenses.
It took Wang a full year to fully come to terms with her physical condition. She then chose a new name, "Yuyu," to mark her rebirth.
SCMP reported that after becoming disabled, Wang worked tirelessly to show the world that she remained as strong and optimistic as she had been before.
In 2022, she ventured into the yoga-wear business, personally modeling the products to showcase them.
Last year, Wang established a shoe-cleaning factory in Guangdong Province in southern China, near her hometown in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Of the 10 employees in total, she hired half from among people with disabilities and assigned tasks according to each person’s physical condition.
An employee with a hearing impairment was put in charge of operating the loud cleaning equipment, while a male employee with a history of polio was tasked with cleaning areas that require fine, detailed work.
“Disability does not define a person’s limits; it defines their uniqueness,” Wang said, emphasizing, “People with disabilities each have their own strengths. What they need is opportunity.”
The factory currently cleans an average of 700 to 800 pairs of shoes per day, and its monthly sales are reported to reach 300,000 yuan (about 62 million won).
Wang’s Social Networking Service (SNS) account now has close to 500,000 followers.
Leveraging her influence, she actively promotes businesses run by other people with disabilities and takes the lead in fundraising activities for those in need.
In one case, she helped raise 800,000 yuan for the treatment of a 12-year-old girl with leukemia, enabling the girl to receive a bone marrow transplant. She has also promoted homestays run by a woman with lower-body paralysis and by a burn patient, helping them achieve financial independence.
hsg@fnnews.com Han Seung-gon Reporter