The First Team of Patrol Policewomen in China

IN June 1994, the Public Security Bureau of Beijing selected 66 young women from universities, colleges and some other units and founded the first team of patrol policewomen in China. At a personnel exchange meeting for university and technical secondary school graduates held at the Beijing International Exhibition Center, the Public Security Bureau looked for     

FROM THE CHINESE PRESS

Zhangzhou is reforming public security to serve the people. "110" is the emergency call number for police. But in Zhangzhou, Fujian Province, 110 has changed into an emergency call service station which integrates reporting to police and dispatching patrols to the streets. "Zhangzhou 110" reportedly takes less than five minutes for police to arrive on the scene, much     

FROM THE CHINESE PRESS

Public Procurators Group Established in Beijing The China Women Public Procurators Association was established November 17, 1994, when the regulations were passed. Chen Muhua and Qian Zhengying are honorary presidents of this association. Huang Qizao, Vice-President of the All-China Women's Federation, and Jurist Yan Rui are advisers. It is estimated that there are now 26,000 women public procurators in Beijing, accounting for 15.7 percent of the national total.     

北京国际学校指南

Beijing has a large population of expats.The latest statistics from the Exit and Entry Administration of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau indicate 110,000 foreigners have lived in Beijing for more than six months.     

Chongqing Improving Kindergarten Education for Migrant Workers＇ Children

A team, composed of representatives of the Office of the National Working Colnmittee on Children and Women （NWCCW）, the Office of the United Nations International Children＇s Emergency Fund （UNICEF） in China. the UNICEF Geneva Office and the IKEA Foundation, on September 5 monitored Chongqing （a municipality in Southwest China）＇s efforts to improve kindergarten education for migrant workers＇ children.     

HEALTH: Women and Children in China

IN terms of both time period and implementation, China has accomplished nearly 50 percent of her goal for decreasing the 1989 mortality rate of infants and children below the age of five by as much as one-third by the year 2000. According to the Ministry of Public Health (MPH) statistics released in August, 1996, China's maternal mortality rate decreased from 94.7 per 100,000 in 1989 to only 39.2 in 1995. Figures for rural     

女性动态(英文)

Mainland and Hong Kong Joint Events in Celebration of 'Beijing 10'On April 25, China Women's Activity Center witnessed the opening ceremonyof the Mainland and Hong Kong Joint Events in Celebration of "Beijing 10"(The year 2005 marks the 10th anniversary o…     

Strict Father,Loving Mother, Good Daughter

ZHANG Nan, still a student at the Industrial Art Design Department of Beijing Industrial University, has already shown great talent in her paintings. Father Zhang Bo is an army art worker and Mother Zhao Suhua works at the Beijing Xuanwu District Committee. An Unexpected Prize As part of the China Year of Tourism, the large-scale "'97 China Art Exhibition" displayed galleries from individual artists, attracting attention from the art circles. When Zhang Bo learned of the news, the Zhang family held a family meeting in which they decided to send some     

迎奥运(英文)

Extra Fire Stations Planned for Olympics北京将为奥运再修建26个消防站Beijing is planning to establish 26 temporary fire stations, near stadiums and gymnasiums, as part of its fire-safety plans for the Beijing 2008 Olympics, a Ministry of Public Security official said on November 24, 2006. Guo Tienan, director of the fire department,     

信息窗 (英文)

Xi'an Opens Domestic Violence Hotline 西安开通反家庭暴力热线 The first hotline for victims of domestic violence opened recently in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province. It offers spiritual support, information and emergency help. The hotline is staffed by a group of women volunteers, who help the abused women     

国际交流

Zimbabwean Women＇s Delegation Visits China
At the invitation of the All-China Women＇s Federation （ACWF）, a sixmember women＇s delegation, headed by Theresa Makoni, Zimbabwean Public Works Minister and Women＇s Assembly Chairperson of the Zimbabwean Party Movement for Democratic Change, visited Beijing and Shanghai from November 2-11, 2009.     

数字解读(英文)

27.8 Percent"The ratio between newly reported Chinese men and women HIV/AIDS patients has surged to 2:1,up from 5:1 in the 1990s,"Wang Longde,Vice-Minister of Public Health, told a recent national conference on AIDS prevention for women in Nanchang,capital of southeast China's Jiangxi Province."The number of women sufferers has been rising rapidly since 1985,when China reported its first AiDS case.     

国务院妇儿工委办公室组织专家开展“儿童纲要实施项目”国家级督导

To promote the National Program for Children＇s Development （2011-2020）, the Office of the National Working Committee on Children and Women （NWCCW） under the State Council, in cooperation with the United Nations International Children＇s Emergency Fund （UNICEF）, implemented a five-year （2011- 2015） project to promote implementation of the program in the 20 counties, cities or districts in which the project was introduced. The purpose of the project is to help solve the problems children face in their lives, to promote children＇s development and to protect children＇s legal rights and interests.     

编者的话(英文)

The abduction of women and children is a crime which seriously violates the human rights of the victimes. This crime also leads to blood separation and broken families which has aroused great anger and condemnation from society. In this issue we present several real cases from the special action "combat ing smugglers and rescuing abducted wonmen and children" launched by the Ministry of Public Security     

数字解读(英文)

73 Years Old The Ministry of Public Health recently issued the Brief Report on China's Development of Public Health from 2003 to 2007.According to the report,Chinese people's average life expectancy rose from 71.4 years in 2000 to 73     

数字解读(英文)

Some 16.4 percent of respondents in a recent survey said they spend more than 3 hours a day following SARS-related news.More than 80 percent said they were concerned about medical workers fighting the disease.Some 78.2 percent of the respondents were moved by the workers' spirit.Public satisfaction toward medical staff was 4.7 on average, near the "completely satisfied" level of 5.Some 91.3 percent of the respondents said they would support family members' decisionsto work in SARS isolation wards.     

National Program of Action for Child Development in China in the 1990s(Abstract)

I. Introduction 1. The children of today will run the families of the 21st century. Their survival, protection and development decide, for the most part, the quality of a people and lay the foundation of human progress as a whole. The 1990 World Summit for Children endorsed the "World Declaration on the Survival, Protection and Development of Children" and the "Plan of Action for Implementing the World Declaration on the Survival, Protection and Development of Children in the 1990s," (hereinafter referred to as "Declaration" and "Plan of Action" for short), In March 1991, Premier Li Peng signed the two documents on behalf of the Chinese Government, making a solemn commitment to this major undertaking. 2. The wholesome development of children has a bearing upon the future of China. The Communist Party of China and the Chinese Government have always paid close attention to the survival, protection     

人才流失严重造成中国临床护士短缺

By the end of 2006, China had nearly 1.43 million nurses. Mao Qun'an, the Ministry of Public Health's media spokesperson, told a meeting, in May 2007, "China now suffers from a serious shortage of nurses, which is mainly the result of the brain drain. Due to the heavy workload, low salaries and the lack of due respect, an increasing number of nurses are becoming dissatisfied with their environment. As a result, many nurses, especially the excellent ones, have left their jobs."     

Creating A Leprosy-Free World

LEPROSY has been spreading in some parts of Chinafor more than 2,000 years. With the founding of NewChina in 1949, the Chinese health departmentlaunched a comprehensive prevention and treatment actionagainst this disease. According to the EpidemiologicalAnalysis on Leprosy in China (1949—1996), from theMinistry of Public Health, the spread of leprosy has beeneffectively controlled. Based on statistics collected withprovince as the smallest unit, China has reached the goal setby the WHO that "leprosy should be abolished as a public     

The Legend of the Dashun

THOSE who've seen the movie "Titanic" might think that they could never forget the soul-stirring catastrophe of the sinking of the "unsinkable" ship. However for the survivors of the Dashun their real life tragedy really will be etched in their memories for all time. November 24, 1999 was an inauspicious day for the passengers and crew aboard the Dashun. Leaving Yantai in East China's Shandong Province for Dalian, a port city in