两纲之窗

To help local women adapt to the new age of agricultural information, and to promote rural construction, Sishilibao Town. in Yishui County, in East China＇s Shandong Province. recently connected to broadband Internet service.     

Macao's Return

MACAO is a beautiful town,located to the southwest of themouth of the Pearl River.When the First Emperor of Qinunited China in 221 BC,it was included in China’sterritories,belonging to Fanyu County in Nanhai Prefecture.Macaois where China established its eariest contact with the outside world     

Successful Performance of Turandot in China

THH performance of the Chinese version of the Italian opera Turandotbefore the imperial Ancestral Temple in the Palace of the WorkingPeople in the capital of China, Beijing, caused a great sensation. Alarge number of opera lovers came from all over the world to see thisopera, which is based on a story supposed to have taken place in China.     

湘贵甘三省儿童幸福家园项目培训启动

The Office of the National Working Committee on Children and Women （NWCCW） under the State Council and Plan International （China） on August 13 launched, in Shaoyang, in Central China＇s Hunan Province, the training course on the project of happy homcs for children. The project is being undertaken in Hunan, Guizhou （in Southwest China） and Gansu （in Northwest China） provinces.     

Campaign to Prevent Breast Cancer Launched in Beijing,Tianjin, Sichuan

To promote healthy living and to raise women＇s awareness of the importance of improving their health, the Women＇s Development Department of the All- China Women＇s Federation （ACWF） launched the long-distance-run campaign, entitled ＂running for health and beauty,＂ in late October. The event, which was held in Beijing, Tianjin Municipality （in North China） and Sichuan Province （in Southwest China）, was also intended to promote the implementation of the cancer-screening project. Thousands of women, who wore pink T-shirts, participated.     

BLACK AND WHITE

IN 1958,the renowned dancing master B.Gusev,directed thefirst complete balletic drama in China——Swan Lake.It symbolizedthe birth of the art of ballet in a country with over 5,000 yearsworth of civilization.By succeeding in the traditions of Westernclassical ballet,China has made great straits on the nationalizationof this art form.In 1986,he China Central Ballet Troupe(CCBT)     

DEAR READERS

This month marks the 70th anniversary of the completion of the Long March, the Red Army's famous trek across 11 provinces to avoid the Kuomintang. Even though China has undergone radical changes in the past seven decades, many Chinese still regard the Long March as an inspirational event in the lead up to the founding of New China. To mark the occasion, Women of China retraced the steps of some of the Red Army's remarkable women. These women soldiers overcame     

FROM THE CHINESE PRESS

Nie Li Admitted to the Standing Committee of NPC Nie Li, the first woman lieutenant general of China, was voted in by election as a member of the National People's Congress Standing Committee in March at the Second Session of the Eighth NPC. Nie Li was born in September, 1930, a native of Jiangjin in Sichuan Province. From 1955 to 1960 she specialized in the automatic control at Leningrad Precision Machinery and Optical Instrument College in the former Soviet Union. When she returned to China, she     

Educating Juvenile Offenders

Leaders of Zaozhuang （a city in East China＇s Shandong Province） Women＇s Federation visit orphans and disabled children in Zaozhuang Children＇s Welfare Office. The hospital of the 22nd Regiment of the Second Agricultural Division of the Xinjiang （in Northwest China） Production and Construction Corps, in Xinjiang＇s Hejing County, recently distributed, among doctors and nurses, a handbook to illustrate the importance of working in the frontier.     

Looking Back to Make a New Start——The 40th Anniversary of Women of China Magazine

ON June 26, 1996, Women of China held festivities in the International Hotel of Beijing to celebrate the 40th birthday of this English monthly. Chen Muhua, Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and President of the All-China Women's Federation, Lei Jieqiong, Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the NPC, Ma Yuzhen, Deputy Minister of the Information Office of the State Council and more than 200 female celebrities from all walks of life, as well as some foreign experts in Beijing were present at the celebration. With beautiful pictures and comprehensive reporting, Women of China started publication in 1956, aiming to introduce China and the situation of Chinese women to the outside world. China's only English-language women's magazine, Women of China consistantly gives comprehensive coverage of issues of concern to the international community. Its writers focus on the empowerment of women, Chinese women's advancement in the market economy, women lifting them