Changjiang Daily:

Women's federations serve as bridges linking the Party and government with women. As a woman myself, it is reassuring to have women's federations, which are like a family, by my side. What work have women's federations done to guide and serve women? Thank you.

Huang Xiaowei:

Thank you. Your use of the term "family" makes me feel the warmth of your question. Promoting gender equality and women's well-rounded development requires the joint efforts of the whole of society. As bridges linking the Party and government with women, women's federations play an indispensable role. Here, I will focus on introducing the work in four aspects:

First, we have focused on fostering unity and bolstering morale and carried out actions providing women with political guidance. Women's federations have carried out large-scale educational and publicity activities for women, publishing books such as "Xi Jinping Visits Ordinary People's Homes," and two explanatory readings on compilation of excerpts from discourses by General Secretary Xi Jinping concerning women, children and the work of women's federations, as well as family education, family services, and the cultivation of family virtues, allowing the Party's new theories to reach ordinary people. Under the theme of "Familial and National Sentiments," we have successively launched a series of integrated media products such as "Sharing Chinese New Year Traditions" during the Spring Festival, "Voicing Dreams" on International Women's Day, and "Passing on Family Traditions" on the International Day of Families. Since last year alone, these products have received over 20.8 billion views in total. We have also regularly honored role models such as the March 8th Red-Banner Pacesetters to inspire others and amplify the positive influence of women.

Second, we have focused on building platforms and carried out a series of actions to encourage women to excel in the workplace. We have implemented the "Women's Action for Rural Revitalization," training over 8 million rural women and supporting the development of more than 290,000 women's cooperatives and family farms. We have implemented the "Women's Action for Scientific and Technological Innovation," which Ms. Wang just mentioned, and introduced 16 concrete measures in collaboration with 12 units including the Ministry of Science and Technology and the National Natural Science Foundation. Female scientists have said that these measures are highly valuable and support the development of female scientific talent. We have implemented the "Action for Women's Employment and Entrepreneurship," establishing connections with over 3,000 female entrepreneurship and innovation platforms, helping to create over 2 million jobs annually.

Third, we have focused on care services and carried out actions offering support for women's rights protection. We have strengthened rights protection at the source, participating in the formulation and revision of nearly 300 laws, regulations and policy documents from 2018 to 2023. We have enhanced coordinated efforts by establishing rights protection working mechanisms with over 20 units and departments including the Supreme Court, Supreme Procuratorate and Ministry of Public Security. We have also provided targeted assistance by launching a three-year action on pairing female volunteers with children in need, recruiting over 2.75 million female volunteers to provide "one-on-one" or "many-to-one" care for left-behind children. The China Children and Teenagers' Fund and the China Women's Development Foundation, affiliated with the ACWF, have raised social funds to continuously implement public welfare projects such as the Spring Bud Project, Happy Homes for Children Project, Hello Kids Charity Programs, Health Express for Mothers Project, Postal Parcel for Mothers Project, and Genius Mom Project, providing services to women, children and families in need.

Fourth, we have focused on providing guidance and support in family education, family services, and the cultivation of family virtues. We have fostered family virtues and carried out activities such as the selection of the "Most Beautiful Families" and lectures on family traditions, promoting the new socialist family morality and values. We have improved the family education service system, built more than 400,000 community parent schools offline, and launched family education service platforms online. We have taken innovative steps to provide dating and marriage services, organized public welfare events such as "Happiness Connection" matchmaking activities, and group weddings, cultivated a new culture of marriage and childbearing, and resisted high-priced betrothal gifts. The quality of the domestic service sector has been improved and its scale has been expanded, with more than 1 million practitioners trained annually, helping more than 900,000 women find employment in the domestic service sector, and achieving the goal of "one person in employment, two families benefit."

It can be said that the work of women's federations is extensive and colorful. Thank you.