A ceremony was held in Beijing last Friday to grant the title of "Outstanding Chinese Woman" to 10 Chinese women, including army and police officers, entrepreneurs, medical experts and an educator.
Present at the ceremony, which was held at the Great Hall of the People in downtown Beijing, were Peng Peiyun, a vice chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, and Qian Zhengying, a vice chairperson of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
These meritorious women are the third group of the prize-winners selected by the All-China Women's Federation and the Beijing-based media since 1995.
Gu Xiulian, a vice chairperson of the federation and the first secretary of the federation's secretariat, addressed the gathering, calling on all Chinese women to learn from this outstanding group.
(Xinhua 11/24/2000)
