Beijing Women's Federation

The Beijing Women's Federation (BWF) launched a women and children's public service exchange and demonstration event on July 9 in the China National Convention Center in Beijing. The event, which lasted three days, spotlighted major topics such as the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and focused on the promotion of women's development, children's growth and family harmony. 

 

Nearly 100 diverse activities ranging from exhibitions, to interactive experiences, salons and forums were held during the three-day event. Themed exhibitions showcased the progress of women and children's undertakings in Beijing, and displayed outstanding fine art works to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the CPC.

A member of staff (C) explains the content of a display board for the visitors at the China National Convention Center. [Beijing Women's Federation]

 

During the event, an exhibition on the achievements of Beijing's women and children's development was held, covering five themes — vigorous development of capital's women and children's undertakings, women's federations keeping pace with the times, "steel roses" in wind and rain, salute to most beautiful women workers, and the further development of family education and traditions.

 

It comprehensively demonstrated the progress made in the development of women and children's causes in the capital under the Party's leadership during the period of 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20), as well as the updates in the work and reforms of local women's federations.

 

Female role models from different periods over the past 100 years since the founding of the CPC, such as former directors of the Women's National Salvation Union and the "capital's most beautiful women workers," and the promotion of the concept treasuring family, and promoting family education and family tradition under the leadership of Party building in the grassroots social governance, were also included in the exhibition. Leaders of the BWF presented honorary certificates and medals to representatives of the "capital's most beautiful women workers."

BWF leaders and representatives of the "capital's most beautiful women workers" pose for a group photo at the event. [Beijing Women's Federation]

 

The fine art works exhibition gathered approximately 100 selected works created by female artists and children in Beijing. The works express their love for the country and the Party.

Visitors appreciate the selected fine art works during the event. [Beijing Women's Federation]

 

Given that Beijing is the only city to host both the summer and winter Olympic Games and is the host city of the Fourth World Conference on Women, an exchange activity themed on consensus and action was held to discuss the topic of women and the Olympics, in order to strengthen global solidarity against the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

Zhang Yajun, Secretary of the Leading Party Members' Group and President of BWF, and An Yufeng, Deputy Party Secretary of Peking University, addressed the event. Xu Jicheng, Director of the Media Operations Department of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, delivered a report on prospects and women's participation in Beijing 2022.

The exchange activity themed on consensus and action — women and the Olympic Games [Beijing Women's Federation]

 

A variety of topics around women and the Olympics were set up, such as the 100-year journey of women's access to the Olympics, the Olympic spirit and women's health, Olympic architecture and women's wisdom and the Olympic volunteer service in women's eyes. These keynote speeches discussed the role of women in the Olympic Games from the perspectives of history, health, architecture and volunteering.

 

At the event, a proposal entitled carrying forward the Olympic Spirit and contributing women's power was issued to encourage women in the capital to actively prepare for the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympic Games. Experts and scholars held a round-table dialogue on Olympic spirit and women's development and exchanged their opinions on women and sports.

The round-table themed on Olympic spirit and women's development [Beijing Women's Federation]

Women’s representatives read out the proposal during the activity. [Beijing Women's Federation]

 

To offer a platform for displaying Beijing women's handicraft products, a women's handicraft fair debuted at the event. The fair consisted of three exhibition areas, which respectively featured the pair-up assistance projects, local exhibits and ethnic handicrafts. It aimed to display the fine handicraft and cultural and creative products made by Beijing's women and their partnered rural crafters, as well as the ethnic handicraft artists of other provinces and cities.

The women's handicrafts fair makes its debut at the women and children's public service exchange and demonstration event. [Beijing Women's Federation]

Participants of the women's handicrafts fair pose for a group photo at the event. [Beijing Women's Federation]

The handicrafts fair is enjoyed by visitors from home and abroad. [Beijing Women's Federation]

Representatives of parents and children from the local women's reading volunteer team pose for a group photo. [Beijing Women's Federation]

Diverse parent-child activities are organized. [Beijing Women's Federation]

 

In line with its child-friendly concept, there were more than 60 public service experience projects including face mask painting, paper folding and lantern riddle solving. The shadow puppet show Little Soldier Zhang Ga, the stage performance of a story of the Long March Horses Hoof Away, and the environmental protection-theme stage play Plastic Island also caught the eyes of parents and children, as did a knowledge contest on garbage sorting and other parent-child activities.

 

Responding to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, the expo specially set up traditional ice and snow experience activities such as curling. Six salons were held on hot topics such as grassroots governance, family construction, women's volunteer services and women's entrepreneurship, further discussing the harmonious development of family and society.

A mother helps her daughter draw on a fan during the event. [Beijing Women's Federation]

Parents and children take part in cultural activities. [Beijing Women's Federation]