On December 14, under the guidance of the All-China Women's Federation, the China Children and Teenagers' Fund (hereinafter referred to as the China Children's Foundation) and Hengyuanxiang (Group) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Hengyuanxiang Group) jointly held the launching ceremony of the 2023 "Constant Love Action - Millions of Families and Family Affection" (hereinafter referred to as "Constant Love Action") in Lianyungang, Jiangsu. Chen Xiurong, former deputy secretary, vice chairman and secretary of the Secretariat of the All-China Women's Federation, chairman of the China Children's Foundation, Song Li, secretary of the Secretariat of the All-China Women's Federation and member of the party group, Zhu Jinsong, secretary of the party group and chairman of the Jiangsu Women's Federation, Xing Zhengjun, deputy secretary of the Lianyungang Municipal Party Committee and mayor of the municipal government of Jiangsu Province, Chen Zhongwei, chairman and general manager of Hengyuanxiang Group, Gu Honglei, secretary of the Party committee, about 100 people attended the event. The ceremony was presided over by Zhang Yanhong, executive deputy secretary of the Party Committee of the All-China Women's Federation and secretary-general of the China Children's Foundation.
At the event, Hengyuanxiang Group donated more than 10.85 million yuan to the China Children's Foundation, and Chairman Chen Xiurong accepted the donation on behalf of the China Children's Foundation and issued a donation certificate to the enterprise.
Song Li pointed out that the "Constant Love Action" has built a bridge of exchanges and exchanges between families of all ethnic groups in the mainland and Xinjiang through yarns, so that children of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang and other children in difficulty can feel the care of the Party and the warmth of the socialist family. This activity is a pragmatic action to thoroughly study and Xi implement the spirit of the important speech made by General Secretary Xi Jinping and the members of the new leadership group of the All-China Women's Federation, and it is also a concrete measure to implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech and important instructions on Xinjiang work. She hoped that women's federations at all levels would use the "Constant Love Action" as a platform carrier to effectively translate the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech into tangible facts about the people's livelihood of children and families; the China Children's Foundation would further organize and implement the "Constant Love Action" and continuously promote children's public welfare and charity in the new era to achieve new development and reach a new level; the news media could focus on the value of the times of the "Constant Love Action" public welfare project, and forge a strong sense of Chinese national community through integration and communication, and build a common spiritual home for the Chinese nation.
Zhu Jinsong said that it is necessary to make good use of the resources and channels given by the party, summarize the successful experience of the "Constant Love Action", take the initiative with sincerity and sincerity, continue to meet the new expectations and needs of women and children, and contribute more to the high-quality development of women and children.
Xing Zhengjun said that with the mission of "striving to be an example, striving to be a demonstration, and walking in the forefront", he actively explored and innovated, and strived to build Lianyungang children's charity into a national and provincial demonstration benchmark and model project, and contributed more Lianyungang wisdom to the development of "Hengai Action".
Chen Zhongwei said that the charity model of the "Constant Love Action" is both "direct" and "unique", and each hand-knitted sweater is poured into the love and kindness of the participants, and has also become a link of emotional transmission between ethnic minority children and their families in the mainland and Xinjiang. He hopes that the seeds of love incarnated by the little sweater can take root in more families, and more children from disadvantaged and ethnic minorities can wear warm and beautiful sweaters and receive love and protection.
The responsible comrades of the Women's Working Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Henan Provincial Women's Federation, and volunteer representatives respectively introduced their good experiences and good practices in carrying out the "Constant Love Action", and unanimously expressed that they would continue to innovate their working methods, take needles as the medium and lines as the media, and continue to participate in and support the "Constant Love Action".
The representative of the aided children told about their personal growth experience, she said, "Heng Ai Action", "Heng Ai" sweater let thousands of friends like her feel the warmth of spring, she wants to participate in the activities to see and hear what she has learned to her classmates and friends, and strive to be a little messenger of national unity, and be a good child with all-round development of morality, intelligence, physical fitness, art and labor.
The leaders and guests at the meeting distributed love wool to representatives of the central and state organs, women's federations of various provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, and representatives of caring families, and personally put on "Hengai" love sweaters for the representatives of the assisted children, and visited the "Hengai Hut" and "Hengai Action Aesthetic Life Hall" in Lianyungang City.
In 2005, under the guidance of the All-China Women's Federation, the China Children's Foundation and Hengyuanxiang Group jointly launched the "Hengai Action" public welfare project. Over the past 18 years since the implementation of the project, Hengyuanxiang Group has donated a total of about 820,000 catties of wool, with a donation value of 125 million yuan, linking 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) across the country and the Women's Federation of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, nearly 100 ministries and commissions of the central and state organs and millions of caring families in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan to participate in knitting, and have donated nearly 1.4 million love sweaters to children of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang and other children in difficulty.
2024
China Women's Daily, China Women's Movement
Source/China Women's Daily (ID: fnb198410)
Author/China Women's Daily all-media reporter Ru Xijia
Editor-in-charge/Chen Xiaobing's review/Yifan producer/Zhifei