In order to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the PRC and the 70th anniversary of the founding of Hangzhou Municipal Women’s Federation, an exhibition of the centenary achievements of women’s movements in Hangzhou was held at the Women’s Activity Center of Hangzhou with a theme of “Fighting in the New Era after a History of Seventy Years”. 

The exhibition showed the centenary history of women’s movements of Hangzhou, particularly the history of women’s movements of Hangzhou after the founding of the PRC and highlighted the journey in which the municipal women’s federation lead women to “follow the leadership of the Party and make contributions to the Party”. 

Following on the mainline that Hangzhou is an important place for the origination, practice, and innovation of the thought that Chinese women “can contribute”, the exhibition comprises five chapters in a chronological order, specifically “A victory will be won in Chinese revolution when women across the nation stand up” (1919-1949), “Women of China is a great human resource” (1949-1978), “Every step in the development of women’s cause has promoted the progress of human’s civilization” (1978-2002), “Building a new era by giving a better play to women’s role in contributions” (2003-2019) and “Seventy moments in the past seventy years”.

Executive Editor: Ye Ke

Translation: Ye Ke, Chen Wenjing