It has been more than 10 years since the official implementation ofThe Regulations on Security Service Management. Since then,‘private bodyguards’hasbeen legalized in China. Lured by high salaries, many people sign up for relevant training. However, even for veterans and professional athletes, the completion rate is still less than 30%. The bodyguard industry is male-dominatedin the number of practitioners, with less than 10%femalebodyguards.Recently,avideo ofbodyguardZhang Meili on duty has become hot on the Internet, with netizens calling her ‘the coolestfemale bodyguard'.

Zhang Meili, 21, was born in Zigong, Sichuan Province. She is 1.65 meters tall and weighs about 60 kilograms. She has a neat ponytail and sharp eyes. The once-popular movieShaolin Templeand her lively and active personality inspired her to practice martial arts since her childhood. Since then, she has been practicing martial arts every day to exercise her physical strength. In 2017, Zhang Meili was admitted to the sanda major of Chengdu Sport University. During the 4 years of study, she has been ranked in the top 3of the 60kg women's sanda competition for many times. In 2020, after graduation, she chose bodyguard as her career pursuit. Followingthe suggestionof Chen Yongqing, founder of Beijing Tianjiao Academy, she insisted on coming to Beijing to study and work, and to experience the bodyguard work of a higher level.

Zhang Meiliwas exempted from high tuitionfees as Chen Yongqing knewher cash-strapped family situation. She made it into thebodyguard training class, the only girl in a class of more than 30, but was never treated differently. The trainingof the devil training class is veryintensive.Every day, class members start physical training at 5 o 'clock, and then learn the essentialofficer protection course, special driving, FBI mind reading, special reconnaissance technology, anti-terrorism training course, maga, Brazilian jujitsu, wrestling and other fighting skills and business etiquette and communication courses. "These are not just physical devil exercises. The real devil, in fact, is psychological pressure." Chen Yongqing said, the most important quality of a bodyguard is to learn how to control emotions and developtheability to withstand pressure. Thus,every training, more or less, is a stress training. After 2 months, Zhang Meili felt that her physical fitness had been strengthenedeven more, and her endurance, speed, strength and coordination had also been improved significantly. After that, she stayed and worked in Beijing Tianjiao.

"Bodyguards always holdthe aimof defense. Professional bodyguards should arm themselves and protect their employerswith skills and wisdom, avoid all possible dangers, and prevent possible risks in advance." Zhang Meili said, in addition to showing an aggressive posturein the alert stateto threaten somedangerous people, the bodyguard also needs intelligence and keen observation, can recognizeand find potential dangers, and timely eliminate the hidden threats.When thebodyguard team goesout on a mission, her colleagues often wear communication devices and various kinds of detection equipment. Sometimes, she just need a penfor defense. "What really matters to a bodyguard is the brain and intuition," Chen praisedof Zhang, "As a woman, she has a very strong instinct." Now, there are more and more womenemployers. Under normal circumstances, such employers often keep thelow profile and need more bodyguards. It’s inconvenient for male bodyguardsto carry out the task, and at this time, female bodyguards have their own unique advantages.