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History
·The long-lasting history of
Huairou can be dated from the Tang Dynasty over 1300 years ago
and the jurisdiction remains the same as that in 1368.
On December 30, 2001, Huairou District was officially set up
under the approval of the State Council. In ancient Chinese,
the character 'Huai' means 'Coming', and 'Rou' means 'Appeasement¡¯,
when coming together they mean benevolent rule, national unity
and mutual development.
Culture
·The Fourth
World Conference on Women.
Background: From
September 4th to 15th, 1995, the Fourth World Conference on
Women was held in Beijing. The main theme of this conference
was 'Equality, Development and Peace', and the minor theme is
'Health, Education and Employment¡¯. Representatives from 185
UN member states, from the United Nations and international
organizations of various regions, 15000 representatives from
both governmental and non-governmental organizations gathered
together at the conference. The Chinese governmental delegation
led by Mrs. Chen Muhua, vice chairwoman of the National People's
Congress Standing Committee and president of the National Women's
Federation also attended the conference. The 'Beijing Manifesto¡¯
and 'Program of Action¡¯ were made at the conference to accelerate
the implementation of the 'Nairobi Strategy'. Representatives
pointed out the main obstacles of elevating women¡¯s world social
status and laid a plan to achieve their goals.
Huairou NGO Forum:
The NGO Forum supplemented the course of the conference and
covered a wide range of subjects, and was attended by many representatives.
The forum was made up of discussions of different sizes. There
was no formal agenda for the forum, and no decisions or manifestos
were made. Suggestions were passed on to the conference by those
representatives present.
31,549 people
from all over the world (26549 overseas representatives and
5,000 domestic representatives) gathered at the forum. A series
of discussions relating to the main theme 'Equality, Development
and peace¡¯ were carried on. About 3,900 discussions, exhibitions,
plays, arts and crafts fairs, movie forums were held.
In 2004, the
Memorial Park of the Fourth World Conference on Women was opened
to the public, endowing the conference with a new concept, and
shining with brilliant charms.
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