| Chinese women & children development program
2003-07-24
The "Chinese Women Development Program" and the "Chinese Children Development
Program" (2001-2010) have been formally promulgated and put into practice by the
State Council.
The National Women and Children Working Conference was
therefore held in Beijing by the Women and Children Work Committee of the State
Council, leading comrades of the central authorities and those leaders in charge
of women and children work in various provinces came together to jointly
exchange and sum up experiences gained in the implementation of these two
programs in the 1990s and set the tasks for carrying out the two new programs.
This is a major event in the work concerning the development of China's women
and children.
The Party and government have always been very concerned about and paid
attention to the development of women and children. Over the past 50 years and
more since the founding of New China, remarkable achievements have been scored
in the cause of China's women and children. Particularly in the 1990s, the
Chinese government had successively promulgated and carried out the "Chinese
Women Development Program (1995-2000" and the "Outline of the Plan for Chinese
Children Development in the 90s", historic progress was made in the existence,
protection and development of women and children, the basic national policy on
the equality of men with women and the principle of priority for children had
gone, step by step, deep into the hearts of the people, the social environment
and condition for the development of women and children had been optimized and
improved, women and children work had gradually embarked on the road of
legalization and scientific and standard management. By the end of 2000, the
main targets of the 1990s two programs had been basically attained. This
achievement has laid a sound foundation for the sustainable development of women
and children in the new century.
The two new programs promulgated by the State Council, which take the
promotion of women and children development as the theme, enhancement of the
overall qualities of women and children as the focus, protection of the lawful
rights and interests of women and children as the fundamentals, constructed,
from macrocosm, strategy and policy, a platform for women and children
development, set forth the general goal and main targets for women and children
development, presented the broad vista for women and children development in the
fields of economy, politics, education, health, law and environment. The
promulgation and implementation of the two new programs is an effective
reflection of implementation of the important thought contained in Comrade Jiang
Zemin's "three represent's" and is a major move in furthering the basic national
policy on the equality between men and women in the new century. It will give a
tremendous impetus to the Chinese women to plunge themselves into the cause of
reform, opening up and the socialist modernization drive, thereby providing a
sure guarantee for the progress and development of women and children.
In carrying out the two new programs, stress is placed on practice.
Governments at all levels and departments concerned shoulder important
responsibilities in the implementation of the two new programs. Just as they
implemented the two programs in the 90s, they must strengthen leadership over
this work, engage in conscientious research and summarize experiences; make
careful organization and give meticulous guidance. They should draw up local
plans for the development of women and children in light of local realities,
implement these programs in a down-to-earth manner and earnestly incorporate
these plans into the general plan for economic construction and social
development in various localities. Through implementing the two new programs,
they should further publicize the basic national policy on equality between men
and women and the principle for priority to children, rely on the extensive
participation and cooperation through the concerted efforts of the whole
society, optimize the environment for the development of women and children,
guarantee the smooth implementation of the two new programs, so that China's
women and children live a happy life today and will enjoy a more magnificent
life tomorrow.
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