The second tripartite review of the project of "Reemployment and Venture Creation for Laid-Off Women Workers (LOWWs) " was held at the Tianjin Women Business Incubator Center on March 1, 2001. Participants in the review meeting were Ms. Zhang Jing, National Project Director and Director-General of International Liaison Department, ACWF, Wang Zhiqiu, Vice National Project Director and President, TWF, Mr. Macleod Nyirongo, Deputy Resident Representative, UNDP, Mr. Toshihiro Tanaka, Assistant Representative, UNDP, Ms. Kim Pendreigh, First Secretary, AusAID, and relevant officials from Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (MOFTEC).

Assisted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) ,the project is implemented by the All-China Women's Federation (ACWF) through Tianjin Women's Federation (TWF). It aims to contribute to job creation and reemployment for laid-off women workers in China's urban areas through micro-credit provision, new venture creation services, employment information networking, strengthening of training capacity. The duration of the project is three years, with a total investment of 2 million US dollars.

The meeting reviewed that the work of the last year had successfully stimulated and supported the enthusiasm of the LOWWs in venture creation and reemployment, and that effective activities had been carried out in accordance with the project's features and objectives with the coordination of the parities concerned. The meeting had also discussed the problems accrued in the process of the project implementation and made decisions on actions to be taken.

Since the launch of the project, 309 LOWWs have received a small loan, and a business incubator center aiming to help LOWWs create small businesses has been established. The center has so far absorbed 27 micro and small enterprises, most of which were run by laid off women workers. Total jobs created through these enterprises were 500.