Action to promote cultural and ethical progress encourages the establishment of civilized behavioral, equal and harmonious families and advocates family virtues. It urges people to actively carry out activities for building up family culture and integrates the education on social morals, professional ethics and family virtues.

The appraisal and selection of Five-Good Family campaign launched in the fifties has a history of more than 40 years. In 1996, the All-China Women's Federation, together with 18 relevant government departments, set up a National Coordinating Group for the Campaign of Five-Good Civilized Family. And such coordinating groups were set up in all the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the jurisdiction of the central government. The first commendation meeting for five-good civilized family was held in 1997. The criteria for 11ye-good civilized family are: Good at loving the country and observing the law and being enthusiastic in public affairs; Good at having enterprise in studies, cherishing the post and respecting the work; Good at attaining gender equality, respecting the old and loving the young; Good at changing prevailing habits and customs and having fewer births and healthier child-rearing; and Good at managing the household industriously and thriftily and protecting the environment.

The activities tar establishment of five-good civilized family have been carried out throughout the country in a variety of forms, which include mainly: lectures, symposiums and quizzes with family virtues as the contents; appraisal and selection of various parts played in the family; activities of family volunteers and family book-reading, etc. By means of combining the cultivation of family virtues with the building of community civilization, family members are encouraged to take an active part in the public welfare activities in the community. The popularizing-law education on the Law for the Protection of Women's Rights and Interests and the Law of the Protection of Minors bas been conducted energetically, and by means of administration according to the law, to promote "laws entering tens and thousands of families" and the community legal services, so as to safeguard women's rights and interests.

The All-China Women's Federation and the State Environmental Protection at ministration have jointly started the environmental protection education and the environmental protection actions with "women, home and environment" as the main subject and organized the compilation of a book entitled "Facts about Environmental Protection for Women" with the purpose of encouraging family members to participate in the environmental protection activities.