Families: Backbone of Society

Gu Xiulian, Vice-Chairperson of the 10th NPC Standing Committee and then-ACWF President [Women of China]

Families are (the backbone) of society. Building harmonious families is the foundation of ensuring social stability and harmony. We must use women's federations' advantages in family related work, and we must conduct campaigns to foster civilized families, such as learning-centered families, environmentally friendly families and drug-free families. Family security and harmony will promote social stability and harmony, and it will contribute to the country's reform and development.

— Gu Xiulian, Vice-Chairperson of the 10th NPC Standing Committee and then-ACWF President, made the above comments during the president's work conference of ACWF's ninth executive committee, on March 7, 2006.

(Women of China)