Three Generations, One Oilfield

HUABEI Oilfield in the North China Plain beganto be explored in 1976. Its annual oil output hasbeen over 10 million tons for the past ten succes-sive years and it is ranked ninth amongst thenational enterprises handling oil and natural gas.During its 20-year construction, it was built to bea grand oil city. There are 110,000 emptoyeesincluding almost 40,000 women. It displaysfeatures of a modernized city when you walkthrough it-wide streets, office buildings, grass-land in inhabited areas, hospitals, schools, shopsand various recreation facilities. It takes on thehappy and auspicious atmosphere more than theimpetuousness of a big city On a mission to learnmore about the women working there, talked toHuang Lan, the committeewoman of the LaborUnion of Huabei Oil Administrative Bureau. Thefollowing are the women she sent me to meet:     

Editors Discuss Women's Publications

IT was only about ten years ago that there were only a few of newspapers and periodicals about women in China. But China has seen a rapid development of newspapers and periodicals on women since it began the policy of reform and opening to the outside world. Today the All-China Women's Federation and local women's federations sponsor and publish 47 different publications about women and children, some of which have a circulation of more than one million. These colorful, influential women's newspapers and periodicals are now some of the most interesting publications in China. Why have these publications been so successful? Recently our staff reporter interviewed several women chief editors about their work. The following interviews are in their own words.     

Beijing:Leaving the Imperial Wall and Siheyuan

In the past, high walls—the palace wall, imperial wall and interior city wall—tightly encircled ancient Beijing and separated it from the outer world. Today, Beijing has pulled down its city walls and opened its gates to the outside. In our new column Window on Beijing, we will present a series of stories about Beijing.     

高校空姐班(英文)

In Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, there is a group of beautiful yong women, who are majoring in airline hospitality—the first of its kind in Chinese universities and colleges. These 76 women are all about 20 years old. Among them are the figureheads of network companies,     

FROM THE CHINESE PRESS

Over 1.5 million women workers from 13,000 enterprises have joined the social coordinated system for child-bearing insurance funds in Zhejiang Province. The funds are paid by regular and contract workers and casual laborers from state-owned and collective enterprises and Chinese employees from joint ventures. The social labor insurance committees under the local governments at the city or county levels are in charge of the practical work for taking over the funds. The amounts of money each pays varies according to the different living standard and salary level in each area.     

Women and the Environment: Declaration Encourages Active Participation

JUNE 5, 1994 has been mandated World Environment Day. On this day the first meeting on Women and the Environment in China was held in Beijing and the Declaration of Chinese Women on Environment was established. According to the declaration, environmental pollution and the destruction of the ecology have posed a serious threat to the survival of the human race. It has become a great issue of common concern. The functions of women in procreation and social development are directly affected by the deterioration of the environment. It is the common interest of the populations of the world to protect the environment. The declaration notes that Chinese women are greatly concerned about the environmental conditions of their     

编者的话(英文)

This is the first time we try to use the entire magazine to introduce Shanghai and Shanghai women. We hope our readers like it. A city of a long history, Shanghai first formed in the mid-11th century. In 1291, Shanghai County was established: in 1685, its Customs was set up; in 1842, Shanghai opened as one of five trading por-     

Walking Out of the Family Towards Rights

WALKING in any city or ruralarea in China today, one will seewomen with confidence andpride, with their own work and lives.There is not much difference between theurban and rural women in dress. Theirfaces portray contentment and happiness.These are significant changes which havebeen brought about by women walking outof the family over the past near 50 years,and getting involved in society, alteringtheir dependence on men and making thempeople of dignity. The government knew clearly that to     

Where to Go,What to Do During Visit to China s Capital

If you are coming to,or are in,Beijing for the first time,you probably know about the things you must do:Visit the Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square,enjoy a meal at the famous Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant,and spend a day trekking on the Great Wall.In addition to those must-experience activities, Women of China offers readers its editors' picks,which are a few recommendations on where to eat and places to visit while in the city.     

THE SITUATION OF CHINESE WOME (Information Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China)

On June 2. the Information Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China issued a White Paper in Beijing about the situation of Chinese women.The 20, 000-word white Paper consists of a foreuord and eight parts. Through a large number of facts and data, it introduces in details hou' Chinese uomen obtained historical liberation during the new' democratic rerolution and socialist rerolution led by the Chinese Communist Party, and how under the socialist system Chinese women hare stepped onto the path of equality and derelopment and become an important force in China's construction, derelopment and progress.In Seplember 1995, the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women is to be held in Beijing. To satisfy our readers' desire to knou' about the situation of Chinese women, we will publish the excerpls of the White paper, "The Situalion, of Chinese Women," in this and the Norember issue of our, magazine.