The
First China--Russia Cultural Week for Women, sponsored
by the ACWF, was held in Beijing and Shanghai from
June 17 to 23.
I In all, more than 600 people participated in
the opening ceremony in the Great Hall of the People
in Beijing. They were Peng Peiyun, Vice Chairperson
of the NPC Standing Committee and President of the
ACWF, and relative leaders from the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, the International Liaison Department
of the CCCPC, the Sino--Russian Committee of Friendship,
Peace and Development and the ACWF. They also included
representatives of women artists, entrepreneurs,
college students and scholars who had studied in
Russia in the 1950s, as well as members of the Russian
women's delegation.
The opening ceremony was hosted by Gu Xiulian,
Vice President and First Member of the Secretariat
of the ACWF. On behalf of the Chinese government
and the ACWF, Peng Peiyun gave a warm welcome to
the Russian women and extended a cordial greeting
and good will wish as well. In her speech, she said
that the Sino--Russian Treaty of Neighborliness,
Friendship and Cooperation signed by the leaders
of the two countries last year was a grand matter
and a milestone in the history of the two countries'
relations. "It is very meaningful for Chinese
and Russian women to hold this cultural week together
in Beijing on the occasion to commemorate the first
anniversary of the treaty," Peng said also.
"It shows the beautiful wish of the women and
peoples of both countries to 'stay friends forever
and never be enemies.'"
Xiao Rong, vice chairman on the Chinese side of
the Sino--Russian Committee of Friendship, Peace
and Development, Volodomanova Natalia, head of the
Russian women's delegation, and Sergei N. Goncharov,
charg└ d'affaires from the Russian Embassy, also
made speeches at the ceremony.
The cultural week is one of the important serial
activities to mark the first anniversary of the
signing of the Sino--Russian Treaty of Neighborliness,
Friendship and Cooperation. The Russian women's
delegation of 50 persons, consisting of such women
from different walks of life as women leaders, women
artists and women entrepreneurs, came to China and
participated in activities held both in Beijing
and Shanghai. A song and dance party between Chinese
and Russian women, a painting exhibition of Chinese
and Russian women artists and a signature activity
at the Great Wall entitled "Friendship Between
Chinese and Russian Women Lasts Forever" were
held in Beijing.
In Shanghai, the Russian women's delegation visited
the New Development Region in Pudong, the Shanghai
Stock Exchange and a community of local citizens
and held a fashion show of Russian women. Zhou Muyao,
Vice Mayor of Shanghai, received the delegation.
Xie Lijuan, Vice President of the ACWF and Vice
Chairperson of the Shanghai People's Political Consultative
Conference, met with the delegation and attended
the grand closing party.
Mme. Peng Peiyun, Vice-Chair
of the Standing Committee of the National People's
Congress and
President of All-China Women's Federation, delivered
a speech at the opening ceremony of the
First China-Russia Cultural Week of Women.
Children from China and Russia sent their greetings
at the opening ceremony of the First
China-Russia Cultural Week of Women.
Mme. Gu Xiulian, Vice-President and First Member
of the Secretariat of All-China Women's Federation,
and Mme. Hua Fuzhou, Vice-President and Member
of the Secretariat of All-China Women's Federation,
cut the ribbon at the opening ceremony of the
Art Works Exhibition of the First China-Russia
Cultural Week of Women.
Chinese and Russian women at the Great Wall.
Russian friends visited a community kindergarten
in Shanghai.
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