Women and Children’s Welfare

Two container trucks carrying precision equipment imported from Canada entered the Xining Comprehensive Bonded Zone on the morning of January 16 under the supervision of Xining Customs, marking the zone’s launch of operations.

Covering 92.4 hectares, the zone is so far home to five companies.

The establishment of the zone, ratified by the State Council in December 2019, is important for promoting the development of an open economy in Qinghai, local authorities said.

The province is located at the crossroads of the ChinaPakistan Economic Corridor and the Silk Road Economic Belt, and serves as an important reserve of strategic resources and base of specialty agricultural products in China.

Yueyang , and the supply ship Luomahu , with dozens of specialoperation soldiers and two helicopters on board.

In preparation for the mission, the fleet conducted training on the use of weapons, on counter-terrorism and anti-piracy, as well as on replenishment at sea.

The PLA Navy began conducting escort missions in the Gulf of Aden and the waters off Somalia in December 2008.

Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has issued two plans to promote the high-quality development of women and children through 180 welfare measures spanning 15 fields, local authorities said on January 14.

The plans aim to promote the coordinated development of women and children from urban and rural regions, and from different areas and groups, and protect the rights and interests of those with special difficulties, said Wang Lixia, deputy director of the regional working committee on children and women.

“These plans integrate the region’s goals and objectives for the development of women and children with its overall economic and social planning,” Wang added.

In recent years, the rights of women and children in Xinjiang have been further protected, and their health conditions have continued to improve.

The maternal mortality rate in the region dropped from 39.45 per 100,000 in 2011 to 7.89 per 100,000 in 2020. By 2020, women in the region’s urban areas accounted for

45.11 percent of the total newly employed.

Gender discrimination in the workplace has been largely eliminated in the region, with employment channels for women further expanded.