Female lawmakers and political advisors, with record-high representation
at China's ongoing annual "two sessions," are playing an irreplaceable
role in pooling wisdom to fuel the country's development, as China
embarks on a new journey toward socialist modernization.To get more news
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Official data shows that women make up 24.9 percent of national
legislators at the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) and 20.4
percent of members of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese
People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the country's top
political advisory body.The figures are 1.5 and 2.6 percentage points
higher than the 12th NPC and 12th CPPCC National Committee,
respectively.
The greater female presence offers a glimpse into the increasingly
vital role that women are playing in every aspect of Chinese society.
International Women's Day, which falls on Monday this year, was
marked with flowers, best wishes, and celebrations of the achievements
of women.Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday extended festive
greetings to the country's women of all ethnic groups and from all walks
of life, applauding their contributions to the cause of socialism with
Chinese characteristics in the new era.
Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central
Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, said the
joint efforts of the whole Chinese nation, including Chinese women, are
needed in realizing the development goals of the Party and the state. He
urged Party committees and governments at all levels to fully
understand the great significance of women's causes and protect women's
rights and interests in accordance with the law.
As China zeroes in on fully building a modern socialist country,
topics including rural vitalization, sci-tech innovation, and the
protection of women's and children's rights and interests have been
widely discussed among the female legislators and political advisors.
Urnisa Kader, an NPC deputy and vice director of a technology
promotion center for the forestry and fruit industry in Turpan City,
northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, submitted proposals
on developing local tourism and building a local logistics center to
this year's NPC session.
Having devoted the past 20 years to teaching local farmers
standardized fruit cultivation techniques and helping them raise their
incomes, Kader, of Uygur ethnicity, said she and local farmers are
aiming for a more prosperous future as China pushes ahead with its rural
vitalization strategy after eradicating absolute poverty
nationwide."Turpan now has high-speed rail and an airport thanks to
infrastructure construction in the past few years. We hope the
development of the tourism industry and the construction of a dried
fruit logistics center will help the farmers make more money," she said.
Chen Wei, a leading medical scientist and a CPPCC National Committee
member, has focused on strengthening research into COVID-19 and vaccine
development in her proposals.
Chen was among the first batch of frontline workers that rushed to
the central Chinese city of Wuhan to help when COVID-19 hit the city
hard. She also led the research and development of an
adenovirus-vectored COVID-19 vaccine, which has been approved for use in
China.
Related research work should be further enhanced by using innovative
technologies such as biotech, big data, cloud computing, and artificial
intelligence to better understand the sources, animal hosts, and
pathogenic mechanisms of viruses, Chen said.
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