西安市建立妇女儿童发展研究基地

The Xi＇an （capital of Northwest China＇s Shaanxi Province） Women＇s Federation and Xi＇an Academy of Social Sciences recently hosted, in the academy, a conference to mark the founding of the Xi＇an Research Base of Women and Children＇s Development. More than 60 people -- including leaders of the federation and academy, liaison persons of the member units of the working committee on children and women under the municipal government, directors of the offices of the working committees on children and women under the governments of various districts and counties, and scholars dedicated to studying wolnen and children＇s development -- attended.     

速读

“Dear children, we haven＇t seen one another for a while, but you are always on my mind,” Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, wrote in a letter to 25 students at the Red Ribbon Middle School, in Linfen, a city in North China＇s Shanxi Province.     

公益

Project Benefits Girl with Cerebral Palsy
Zhang Zhuo, 7, a girl from Changchun, capital of northeastern China＇s Jilin Province, in December 2013 became the first beneficiary of a program to help impoverished children who suffer from cerebral palsy.     

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.     

荒山里的“绿色梦”

Kejing, a town in Jiyuan, in Central China＇s Henan Province, is a mountainous area. Li Rui, a woman from the region, has dedicated her life to changing the once-barren mountain in Zaomiao, her home village （which is in the town＇s boundary）, into an oasis. During the past three decades, she and Zhu Wen, her husband, have entered into contracts to plant trees on nearly 1,000 mu （164 acres） of barren mountain land. Their persevering efforts have paid off： they have established, on the once-barren mountain, a large tree farm, and they have opened it as a resort -- to tourists.     

香

Jessica Zhang believes it is time to give Beijingers a nostalgic trip, to the 1920s, through Parlor, the first Great Gatsby-style bar in Beijing. ＂Our initial idea for Parlor was to make it Beijing＇s first high-end private club. Parlor was the result of numerous conversations with our customers, who lamented that they were missing something in Beijing＇s bar scene,＂ says Zhang, manager of Parlor. ＂They （and we） did not feel there were any bars （in style） of the ＇Great Gatsby,＇ with fine cocktails and the immersive and relaxed atmosphere.     

积极推进妇女就业创业

The Bureau of Human Resources and Social Security of Shanghe County （in Ji＇nan, capital of East China＇s Shandong Province） in 2013 put a lot of effort into fulfilling the targets of women＇s development, as prescribed in China＇s 12th Five- Year （2011-2015） Plan. To promote women＇s development, the bureau did the following to help women find work and/or start a business：     

非洲驻华使节夫人小组代表团访问广西

Invited by the All- China Women＇s Federation （ACWF）, a seven-member delegation of African ambassadors＇ spouses in China, headed by Mrs. Thibeli, wife of Anthony Rachobokoane Thibeli, Lesotho＇s ambassador to China, and head of the Group of African Ambassadors＇ Spouses in China, visited Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region from July 5-7, 2010.     

大力发展手工编织 促进妇女就业创业

The All-China Women＇s Federation （ACWF） and China＇s Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security held, in Chengdu （capital of Southwest China＇s Sichuan Province） on May 8, a conference to demonstrate and promote achievements in developing the weaving industry to help women find work and/or start a business. Shen Yueyue, Vice- Chairperson of the NPC （National People＇s Congress） Standing Committee and ACWF President, spoke during the conference. Song Xiuyan, Vice- President and First Member of the Secretariat of ACWF, hosted the event.     

联合国儿基会驻华代表考察宜昌市科学育儿指导中心

Gillian Mellsop, UNICEF＇s Representative to China, visited a children＇s center in Yichang （a city in Central China＇s Hubei Province） on August 28, 2014. During her visit, Mellsop learned about the center＇s development and the services with the technical support of a project jointly by UNICEF and the All-China Women＇s Federation. The project has helped families learn about early childhood development, children＇s care and parenting skills.