Beijing Women's Federation

A forum to commemorate International Women's Day was held on March 3 in Beijing, with winners of the National March 8th Red-banner Holder and the National March 8th Red-banner Collective awards in attendance. The attendees had a discussion on how to leverage the wisdom and power of women in the capital's high-quality development and the great cause of national development. 

 

Zhang Yankun, Deputy Secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and Vice-Chairperson of the Beijing Municipal People's Congress Standing Committee, delivered a speech during the forum. Li Yanlai, Deputy Secretary-General of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee, attended the meeting. Zhang Yajun, Secretary of the Leading Party Members' Group and President of Beijing Women's Federation (BWF), presided over the meeting.

 

 

A meeting was held in Beijing to commemorate International Women's Day on March 3.

 

Sun Qiwei, a National March 8th Red-Banner Holder and Party Secretary and Director of Beijing’s Fragrant Hills Park, talked about spreading the revolutionary history and spirit of the Communist Party of China and building the revolutionary sites at Fragrant Hills into a patriotic education base.

 

Yuan Peng, a National March 8th Red-Banner Holder and Deputy Director of the VIP Clinic of the Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, talked about her 20 years of experience in treating breast cancer and devotion to popularizing knowledge of cancer.

 

The navigation, guidance and control system innovation team at the Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) was honored as a National March 8th Red-banner Collective. Team leader Wang Meiling, who is also Party Secretary of the School of Automation of BIT, talked about the team’s long-term scientific research and contributions to the cause of national defense and security.

 

Shao Jing, head of the production team for One Step Forward and Director of the Satellite Television Channel Center of BRTV, said the program explores much-talked-about topics in society, serving as a platform to clarify people's needs and promote the solution of difficult problems. The team has been named as a National March 8th Red-banner Collective due to their sense of social responsibility as media workers in the new era.

 

 

Four representatives share their stories during the forum.

 

Zhang Yankun, on behalf of the municipal Party committee and government, extended festive greetings to women from all walks of life in Beijing.

 

The meeting reviewed the outstanding achievements made by women in the capital's economic and social development. During the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020), the development of women and children in Beijing has been outstanding. The role of women in economic and social development has become increasingly prominent. The proportion of female deputies to the municipal Party committee and the municipal people's congress has reached a record high, as has the number of female members of the municipal committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

 

Women and children’s livelihoods have been safeguarded and their sense of gain, happiness and security has significantly improved. Women have an average life expectancy of 84.9 years and have an average of 12.6 years of schooling. The enrollment rate of primary and junior high schools and the retention rate of nine-year compulsory education have been over 99 percent, far above the national target.

 

It was required at the meeting that women in Beijing should hold high the great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics and rally more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core. Women's roles should be given full play in promoting virtues and passing down good family traditions and in accelerating the capital's development in the new era and realizing the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Women should prepare for the Party’s 20^th national congress with concrete actions.

 

The meeting also said that women's federations at all levels must perform well their duties in guiding, connecting and serving women. The Party committees and government bodies should attach great importance to women's work, continue to strengthen leadership over the work of women's federations, and support their work in accordance with laws and charters.

 

Heightened efforts should be made to incorporate the protection of women's rights and interests into laws and regulations to make society more aware of the importance of protecting women's rights and interests. More supportive polices are expected to empower women's development and remove obstacles on the road to their development.

 

A forum to mark International Women's Day is held in Beijing.

 

Members of the leadership and heads of departments and affiliated institutions of the BWF, and presidents of district-level women’s federations attended the meeting.