China Women's Development Foundation (CWDF) recently held an exchange activity on how public-interest projects promote the building of both a birth-friendly society and women's reproductive- and maternal-health-service system. 

In her speech, Dong Kui, Vice-President and Secretary-General of CWDF, said the foundation has implemented several public-interest projects during the past 36 years, and the projects have brought practical benefits to women's health. 

She said the Fertility Protection Action in China (F•PAC) Project has established reproductive-health-consultation clinics in 1,481 hospitals in 31 provinces, autonomous regions or municipalities, and it has trained 27,000 grassroots medical professionals. It has also conducted numerous reproductive-health-publicity and -education initiatives that have benefited women of childbearing age. It has provided reproductive-health services to more than 15.5 million women, she added. 

Dong noted the project has safeguarded women's physical and mental health. 

Li Jian, a professor with Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, under Capital Medical University, has participated in the project for 13 years. She has witnessed its upgrade in 2023 from the Post-Abortion Care (PAC) Project (launched by CWDF in 2011). 

Li said beneficiaries of the F•PAC Project have included adolescent girls, women of childbearing age and women going through menopause. The project provides various services, including screening for gynecological diseases, guidance on living a healthy lifestyle and psychological consultations for pregnant women.

Photo from CWDF

(Women of China English Monthly May 2025)

Editor: Wang Shasha