The China-UK Women's Cultural Festival will further enhance mutual understanding between women of the two countries and draw specific links between Beijing and London on hosting Olympic Games, a visiting Chinese official said here on Monday.
Long Jiangwen, counsel of the International Department of All-China Women's Federation (ACWF), told a press conference that the week-long festival which started Sunday is of great significance against the backdrop of the current China-Britain relation, which is now at its best.
An 80-strong Chinese women's delegation led by Gu Xiulian, president of the ACWF, are the main force of the Chinese part of the festival co-sponsored by the ACWF, London Mayor's Office and the Organizing Committee for "China Now," the largest ever Chinese cultural festival in Britain.
Main activities of the festival include Forum on Women and the Olympics and Paralympics, Photo Exhibition on Women in China, a popular variety performance called The Same Song-let's sing together, meeting with Chinese women entrepreneurs, and a Chinese New Year show performed by a Chinese children's troupe alongside some British children.
The China-UK Women's Cultural Festival, as one of the highlights of China Now, is expected to showcase the progress of women and children's care and well-being in China since China's adoption of the policy of reform and opening-up in 1978.
"We hope the festival will further the understanding between women of China and Britain, fostering a closer friendship between the two peoples," said Long.
Source: Xinhua
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