Beijing Women's Federation

Beijing Women's Federation (BWF) kicked off the second session of a lecture series among Party members on August 1, the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). Zhang Yajun, Secretary of the Leading Party Group and President of the BWF, attended and addressed the lecture. Zhao Hongwei, Member of the Leading Party Group and Vice-President of the BWF, presided over the gathering. Those in attendance of the event also included Party members of the BWF, heads of BWF’s affiliated public institutions, and all staffs dispatched to the front line of COVID-19 prevention and control.

 

Beijing Women's Federation organizes a lecture for its Party members to share inspiring stories on the front line of fighting COVID-19.

 

Participants watched a video which reviewed the touching scenes and stories of the 25 BWF staff members dispatched to fight the COVID-19 on the front line. Over half of the staffs are military retirees, and they bravely responded to challenges and difficulties on the front line.

During the lecture, four representatives of dispatched staff workers spoke about their thoughts and feelings from different perspectives. Zhang Xiaotong, who comes from Beijing Women and Children's Service and Development Center and is the youngest member among the first group of 10 dispatched cadres, shared with attendees about their concrete actions to help bring the COVID-19 outbreak under control and add glory to the flags of the Party and the PLA in the process. Eight of 10 cadres are military retirees. Li Changqin, who works in the BWF Department for Women's Development, highlighted the details of the work of her and fellow BWF cadres to help contain the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak, which showcased the warmth of the capital city in the epidemic. Sun Yanjin, from BWF’s Publicity Department, said that the third group of five cadres dispatched by the federation stayed firm to their workplace, made concrete efforts to help the people and fulfilled the aspiration and mission of Party members to connect and serve the people. Pang Shenggui, from BWF’s General Office, explained about how he and his colleagues made COVID-19 prevention and control policies known, maintained order in the mass nucleic acid testing sites, and firmed up public confidence in triumphing over the epidemic.

 

Four representatives of faculty members of Beijing Women's Federation speak about their inspiring stories on the front line of COVID-19 prevention and control during the lecture.

 

In her speech, Zhang Yajun, Secretary of the Leading Party Group and President of the BWF, fully acknowledged the work made by all dispatched cadres at the grassroots level and hailed the efforts made by military retirees among them to help defeat the virus, safeguard the security of the country and the people, and set an example for all Party members.

Zhang put forward a three-point proposal on implementing the spirit of the 13th Beijing Municipal Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the policies and decisions of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the CPC, and promoting the work of women's federations to a higher level in the new situation.

First, the BWF should adhere to a clear-cut political stand in its overall work, attach great importance to the political role of the capital city, arm itself with the Party's innovative theories, have a deep understanding of the decisive significance of the establishment of both Comrade Xi Jinping's core position on the Party Central Committee and in the Party as a whole and the guiding role of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and uphold Comrade Xi Jinping's core position on the Party Central Committee and in the Party as a whole and the Central Committee's authority and its centralized, unified leadership. The federation should absolutely carry out the policies and decisions by the Party Central Committee, the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and the All-China Women's Federation (ACWF), and make new achievements in the promotion of the overall work, women and family's affairs.

Second, the BWF should strive to give excellent performance in all its work with the trust of the CPC Central Committee and the Beijing Municipal Committee of the CPC and to provide satisfying services to the people. It will strengthen the awareness of being a leading force, align with the requirements of Beijing's political status as a capital city, and follow the development targets of the city for a new era. It will take intensified efforts to deepen ideological and political guidance, fend off major risks, serve the overall development, promote family building, family education and traditions, and protect the rights and interests of women and children.

Third, the BWF should fully leverage its exemplary functions, bear in mind fundamental national interests and the Party's mission, foster strong affection for the people, do concrete things for women, fulfill obligations and firm up Party consciousness in the completion of key tasks, facilitate the integration between Party-building affairs and other regular work, and set stage for the upcoming 20th National Congress of the CPC with concrete actions.