Craftswoman Xiao Jie's first bear for netizen Ruan Jiaxin placed along with a photo of Ruan's father who died of cancer. [Photo provided to China Daily]

In December, Li Haichao and her 1-year-old boy received a special teddy bear, made from her husband Xu Yuelong's jacket. On the stuffed animal's back, there is a stitched sentence－"My dad is hero".

Born in 1993, Xu, an auxiliary policeman, lost his life in a car accident in October 2018 while attempting to capture two prisoners that had escaped from a prison in Lingyuan, Liaoning province.

At that time, Li was three-month pregnant.

"My son has never seen his father. I hope the bear can build a connection between them," Li says, adding that she broke down in tears at the first sight of the writing on the bear's back.

For Li, compared with a wardrobe of her husband's clothes, the bear is much more vivid.

Currently living with her parents-in-law in Hebei province, Li has missed her husband every day since his death.

"The bear brings me comfort and remembrance," she says.