Green Revolution on the Loess Plateau

THE Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China(CPC), arrived in northern Shaanxi Province at the end of 1935 following an arduous journey of over 12,500 km. Survivors of the Long March settled in the small bleak and desolate city ofYan'an.     

History Will Never Forget Them—Ruijin Women (Part One)

Ruijin, located in the southeastern part of Jiangxi Province. established county administration early in 953. It was the center of the central revolutionary bases during the Second Revolutionary Civil War period. In November 1931, the First National Soviet Congress was held in Yeping Township in Ruijin County, and the temporary central government of the Chinese Soviet Republic was established. The women from Ruijin sacrificed greatly for the establishment, solidarity and defense of the first revolutionary regime founded by the Communist Party of China.In October 1934. due to Wang Ming's misguided "leftist" leadership, the Central Red Army, (the First Front Army of the Chinese Workers and Peasants Red Army) failed to smash the fifth "encirclement and suppression" campaign launched by the     

I Took Part in the Long March

Wei Xiuying was born in Ruijin, Jiangxi Province. She joined the Communist Party of China in 1932, and served as directorfor Xingguo County Soviet Government Committee for the Improvement of Women's Life, and secretary in charge of women's work in Jiangxi Province.In October 1934, Wei Xiuying took part in the 25,000-li Long March with the Central Red Army.After liberation, she served as the first-term director of the Jiangxi Women's Federation. In the early 50s, it was she who first found that schistosomiasis was serious in Yujiang County, and reported this condition in a report to the National People's Congress. The very day Chairman Mao Zedong saw this report, he gave the order "eliminate this plague". Wei Xiuying was appointed as the deputy head for South China Land Reclamation and Cultivation Bureau in charge of the development of Hainan Island. Before retirement, she was the Vice President for Jiangxi Provincial Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.Now, Wei Xiuying is 86 years old. Sh     

Roam in Yan'an

YAN'AN, located in the center of the Loess Plateau, is an ancient, hilly city established in the Sui Dynasty (581-618). The city has a history of more than 1,300 years. In October 1935, the Central Red Army led by Chairman Mao Zedong accomplished the 25,000 li (1,250 k.) Long March and arrived at Wuqizhen in the north of Shaanxi Province. In Januar, 1937, the Central Party Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) moved to Yan'an. Yan'an then became the base for the Chinese Liberation.     

The Origin of "The East Is Red"

"THE east is red, the sun rises. China brought up Mao Zedong. He fights for the happiness of the people, he is a great liberator of the people." All Chinese know this song, but few know the origin of it. Composer Liu Zhi recalled, "I was a young actor in the Yangge Team under the Lu Xun Arts Institute of the Red Army 60 years ago. One folk performer in our troupe called Fang Xianzhang used to make a living by performing on both banks of the Yellow River. He knew a lot of Shanxi folk songs and once taught me a love song called Sesame Oil. It turned out to be the same tune with The East Is Red.     

Deng Xiaoping's Three Marriages (Ⅲ) Deng Xiaoping and Zhuo Lin

IN the summer of 1939, Zhuo Lin met a person named Deng Xiaoping through another. She did not know the ways of the world and was somewhat confused. She only knew that he was a veteran Red Army soldier, a high-ranking military officer who had been on the frontlines of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, but had little idea about what the man was doing and what he     

The Fight to Ban Opium in the Soviet Areas of Sichuan

IN recent years, I visited some old Soviet Areas (established during the Second Revolutionary Civil War, 1927-1937) in Sichuan Province. Recalling the war with local people and singing Red Army and revolutionary songs of those years, I remember the folk songs about giving UP the opium habit. In order to establish and develop the revolutionary base in Sichuan, the Party and Red Army carried out a mass movement to ban opium, saving tens of thousands families from ruin.     

Ancient Handicrafts of Shaanxi Province Popular at Home and Abroad

VISITORS to the Qin Terracotta Army Museum in Xi'an may remember the many women souvenir vendors outside the building. Holding aloft handmade bags, wall hangings, vests and caps decorated with the pattern of five poisonous insects, they continuously shout "Hello! Hello!" and are hard to miss. They come from nearby rural areas to sell their wares. Since the terracotta army of Emperor Shi Huang of the Qin Dynasty was excavated in     

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     

友好交流与合作

Huang Meets President of Hanns Seidel Foundation黄晓薇会见德国汉斯•赛德尔基金会主席Huang Xiaowei,Vice・President and First Member of the Secretariat of the All.China Women's Federation(ACWF),met a nine.mcmber German women's delegation in Beijing on November 18,2019.The delegation was headed by Ursula Mannle,preside nt of Hanns Seidel Foundation(HSS),Germany.Huang outlined the significance and important spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China(CPC).She explained the achievements in women*s progress since the People's Republic of China was founded in 1949.She spoke of the cooperative relations between the ACWF and the HSS.     

Deng Xiaoping's Three Marriages (Ⅱ)

IN February 1931, Deng Xiaoping returned to Shanghai after he had finished his work in Guangxi, where as a political commissar, within two years he organized the Seventh and Eighth Front Armies of the Chinese Workers-Peasants Red Army and set up     

国际交流(英文)

International Women's Day Party Well Received庆"三八"中外妇女招待会受欢迎It was a warm spring day on March 6,2007.On that afternoon,1,500 Chinese and foreign guests gathered in the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing,to celebrate the 97th anniversary of International Women's Day,which was on March 8.The event was organized by the All-China Women's Federation(ACWF).     

妇联新动向(英文)

Huang Qingyi Inspects NPAs'Implementation黄晴宜考察“两纲”落实情况 In order to promote the implementation of the two NPAs(2001-2010)-the National Program of Action for the Development ofChinese Women and the National Program of Action for the Development of Chinese Children-Huang Qingyi,Vice-President of theAll-China Women's Federation and FirSt Member of the ACWF Secretariat.made an on-the-spot investigation in March in XichengDiStrict of Beijing,a pilot area for NPAs.     

关爱妇女健康提高服务水平

The ＂Mother An＇xin Project,＂ with the theme ＂Improve women＇s healthcare service,＂ was launched by China Women＇s Development Foundation in the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, on March 22, 2010. Chert Zhili, Vice-Chairperson of the National People＇s Congress Standing Committee and President of the All-China Women＇s Federation （ACWF）, attended the ceremony. Song Xiuyan, Vice-President of the ACWF, delivered a speech during the ceremony. Huang Qingyi, President of China Women＇s Development Foundation （CWDF）, and Zhen Yan, Vice-President of the ACWF, Zhengli Jinfen, Chairwoman of Amway （China） Co. Ltd, attended.     

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     

The Marvels of Mt. Huang

MT. Huang rises above Anhui Province along the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. With a circumference of 250 km, Mt. Huang is as grand as Mt. Tai, as steep as Mt. Hua, as cool as Mt. Emei, and as abundant with clouds and mast as Mt. Heng, as abundant in waterfalls as Mt. Lu and displays as many strangely shaped rocks as Mt. Yandang. Mt. Huang is well-known both in China and abroad and is considered a premier peak in the world. Everyone who visits Mount Huang—from tourists to poets to painters—is overwhelmed by the sight of it. This peak was first named Mt. Yi. In Chinese yi means black and bright. In 747 the     

Chen Lu Rewrites the History of Figure Skating

ON March 11, 1995, 18-year-old Chinese athlete Chen Lu took first place in the women's singles of the World Figure Skating Championship held in Birmingham, Britain. For the first time, the name of a Chinese was recorded on the list of single skating champions.     

Pasta, Shanxi Style Hand-pulled Noodles Loved by Tourists and Residents Alike

I had my most delicious meal with noodles in a small village along the Yellow River. It was on a March day a decade ago, when I had just moved to Shanxi Province. I was out in the field as a reporter, and was exhausted and starving after traveling more than 50 kilometers on foot and by bus. A middle-aged man, whom I did not know, was standing in front of his dugout cave, the traditional dwelling of the Shanxi people." He called to me and invited me to have a meal in his home. Upon entering the cave, I was asked to sit on a kang, a brick bed, while the man's wife busied herself with cooking my meal. In no time a huge bowl of youpomian, noodles with Chinese prickly ash oil, was on the table in front of me. My nostrils were immediately filled with the strong and delicious smell of chili and prickly ash.     

Her Career Begins Like This

THE summer of 1990 was almost the end of the world for Huang Kaijun, whose dearly beloved husband was found to have been carrying on with some other woman behind her back and even had a one-year-old son while she was completely in the dark and still dreaming a sweet dream of life. What on earth had happened to their 12 years of marriage? The unexpected heavy     

Ruijin Women In the Period of the Red Army (Ⅱ)

IN the 1930s, the first red political power was set up in southern China. Women in the area cut their hair short and unbound their feet. But its significance was more than that—women had broken the feudal yokes restraining their hearts. They were able to get married by their own will and stand arm-in-arm beside men. To allow the Red Army to move fast and fight against the