Shenzhen Women's Federation has taken the initiative to establish a national women's entrepreneurship and innovation base in Qianhai free-trade zone, Shenzhen, as part of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area development strategy. [Shenzhen Women's Federation]

Over the past four decades, the Shenzhen Women's Federation has been pushing for the advancement of women and uniting them to contribute to the development of Shenzhen, China's first special economic zone, and to the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA).

The city's women's federation took the initiative to establish a national women's entrepreneurship and innovation base in Qianhai free-trade zone in Shenzhen, as part of the development strategy of the GBA. At the base, there are 41 women entrepreneurship teams, including 20 from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. An open, public platform to promote the transformation of scientific and technological results was also established.

The first women's entrepreneurship and innovation contest in Shenzhen is held by the Shenzhen Women's Federation in 2018. [Shenzhen Women's Federation]

The federation organized the first women's entrepreneurship and innovation contest in 2018. More than 210 projects entered the contest covering technological fields such as biomedicine, new energy and new materials, and six winning women were awarded bonuses to develop their businesses.  

Shenzhen has set up China's first women makers' association. At present, the association has 1,420 members and has established contacts and cooperative relationships with more than 60 other makers' organizations, bringing together women entrepreneurs from various fields such as technology, culture, education, services and venture capital.

The women makers' association has organized exchange activities and public lectures, covering some 500 women makers, entrepreneurs, freelancers and new media practitioners from science and technology, medicine, finance, agriculture and the Internet industries. Nearly 100 cooperative projects have since been formed.

The federation has also formulated a public-welfare campaign to promote poverty alleviation and women's employment and entrepreneurship. More than 200 products from over 30 companies were recommended to consumers by the federation via livestreaming shows, reaching a sales volume of nearly 2.56 million yuan (US $380,709).

A public-welfare livestreaming show is held to promote women's products. [Shenzhen Women's Federation]

The federation also signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Shenzhen Branch of China Construction Bank in a bid to provide preferential loan services to women's start-ups.

The Shenzhen Women's Federation signs a strategic cooperation agreement with the Shenzhen Branch of China Construction Bank to provide preferential loan services to women's start-ups. [Shenzhen Women's Federation]

The federation has made efforts in promoting in-depth cooperation among outstanding businesswomen in Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Macao. It played a role in organizing a Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Macao Women's Financial and Economic Association Summit, which was sponsored by the Shenzhen Female Financial Workers Association and the Association of Women Accountants HK. In 2020, a forum for women CFOs in Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Macao region was also held to enhance communication and exchanges.

The Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Macao Women's Financial and Economic Association Summit is held by the Shenzhen Women's Federation to improve in-depth cooperation among businesswomen within the GBA. [Shenzhen Women's Federation]

The federation has also taken the lead in building a child-friendly city. It held the STEM Education and Women and Children's Development Forum, with the aim of improving girls' STEM abilities and their awareness of technological creativity.

The Shenzhen Women's Federation holds the STEM Education and Women and Children's Development Forum, raising girls' awareness of technological creativity. [Shenzhen Women's Federation]

A program called "Sunshine Mother," targeting women who are single mothers, unemployed or who are facing special difficulties, was launched by the federation in 2007. The program has organized 3,500 job fairs, training sessions and career planning activities for women, and provided services to more than 320,000 people.

The "Sunshine Mother" program launched by the Shenzhen Women's Federation provides employment training for women. [Shenzhen Women's Federation]

During the COVID-19 epidemic, the federation mobilized women to stick to their posts and contribute to COVID-19 prevention and control work, as well as to the resumption of work and production.

An event is held by the Shenzhen Women's Federation to spread the extraordinary anti-epidemic stories of women medical workers, grassroots cadres, volunteers and entrepreneurs, demonstrating women's power during the battle against COVID-19. [Shenzhen Women's Federation]

On March 8, International Women's Day, the federation held an event to spread the extraordinary stories of women medical workers, grassroots cadres, volunteers and entrepreneurs who worked on the front line of the battle against COVID-19. More than 70,000 netizens watched the event online.

(Source: Shenzhen Women's Federation/Translated and edited by Women of China)