Strategic Opportunity Period Women's Development and Women's Work

Author: Bai Zhiying
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Publish Date: 2003-12-01
Features: This book is divided into three parts, introducing the theoretical exploration of women's development during the strategic opportunity period, innovations in the women's federations' organizational system and working methods, and the expansion of women's work areas. The first two decades of the 20th century were known as a crucial strategic opportunity period for China's development, repeatedly discussed by economists, strategists, and sociologists. In fact, for Chinese women, it was also an important opportunity period. Globally, globalization and social transformation bring shocks to society, reshaping the interests and posing greater challenges to women, who have historically been in a relatively position. However, it is also a time of numerous opportunities, albeit fleeting, accompanied by risks and crises. How women's workers can seize these opportunities to advance women's work and achieve synchronous development between women and the economy and society is a fresh and significant issue raised by the times. Grasping this issue means grasping the core of women's development. This book tackles a highly meaningful topic, focusing on what the goals and tasks of women's development are in the primary stage of socialism, the paths and countermeasures for women's development, women and sustainable development, the functional positioning of women's organizations during this strategic opportunity period, and innovations in organizational systems and working methods. Its high-level strategic perspective and comprehensive framework are truly impressive, showcasing the compilers' vision and profound awareness of the issues. What elevates the book's ambition is its approach to women's work from a macro perspective, with the essence of the entire book being the scientific outlook on development and its in-depth interpretation. What is the core of the people-centered spirit? What is coordinated economic and social development? What is sustainable development? How do they relate to the basic national policy of promoting gender equality and advancing women's development? In other words, how can women's development be integrated into scientific development, how can the coordinated development of both genders be included in the comprehensive, coordinated, and sustainable implementation of people-centered social development, and how can the comprehensive progress and development of women be better promoted in the process of advancing people's all-round development? How can the coordinated development of both genders be promoted in the process of advancing gender equality? Another feature of this book is its practicality and innovation. Everything starts from reality, from the realities of Jiangsu's economic and social development and women's development. It focuses on Jiangsu's strategic goal of being the first to achieve a moderately prosperous society in all respects and to basically realize modernization, proposing, researching, and solving problems. It includes macro-theoretical discussions on the basic national policy of gender equality and its operational system, as well as a stratified study of women's groups based on solid and reliable empirical research. It explores innovative mechanisms in traditional fields of women's work, as well as expanded research on areas such as fostering family virtues, organized rural female migration, and new work areas for women's entrepreneurship. It also includes rational reflections on the roles and functions of women's organizations, summarizes new patterns in the current stage of women's work, and explores the openness of women's federations' popularization and socialization to construct a social support system. The book covers a wide range of issues with insightful analysis, providing us with a relatively mature theoretical framework for guiding women's work while leaving ample room for further theoretical exploration. As a theoretical worker, while reading this book, I felt a profound understanding and a deep sense of inspiration. I believe that not only do women's workers need such a book as a guide for their work, but every person who cares about women's work and development can find their concerns, be prompted to think, and even resonate strongly with the content in this book. From the preface, I learned that this book is based on ten major bidding topics and was jointly compiled by scholars from many universities, research institutions, and long-term women's workers. This writing approach itself is an innovation. Former Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and Honorary Chairman of the All-China Women's Federation Peng Peiyun, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and Chairman of the All-China Women's Federation Gu Xiulian, and Vice Chairman of the All-China Women's Federation and Secretary-General Huang Qingyi all inscribed messages for the book. Feng Minggang, Deputy Secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, also wrote a preface, fully affirming the book's role in innovating women's theory and elevating the level of women's work, as well as the spirit of exploration and innovation demonstrated by Jiangsu women's workers in theoretical research. I believe these words are well-deserved. This is a book that everyone who pays attention to the development of Chinese women should read.