With the theme Inheriting Traditional Handicraft Culture and Contributing to Rural Vitalization, the second China Women's Handicraft Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition was launched in June this year.

The event was jointly held by the All-China Women's Federation, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the National Administration for Rural Vitalization and the People's Government of Guizhou Province.

With a nationwide project solicitation process, training session, and an online semi-final competition, the competition is now drawing near the final stage.

Over the past months, women's federations across the country have mobilized craftswomen, craftswomen's teams and women-led enterprises and social organizations to participate in the competition.

The handicraft projects and works submitted by competitors and teams covered various fields such as weaving, carving, embroidery and ethnic clothing.

Thirty-one projects selected in the semi-final will compete in the finals, which will be held later this year.

Before the final, the organizer will offer a training camp for candidates to strengthen their capacity for design concept, standardized production, market analysis and other aspects.

A pearl embroidered brooch made by Chen Keren, an inheritor of pearl embroidery — a city-level intangible cultural heritage of Quanzhou, Southeast China's Fujian Province [For Women of China]

A jade craft by Lu Minglan, arts and crafts master and also a sculptor in Southeast China's Fujian Province [For Women of China]

An embroidery work by Yan Yongxia, the third generation inheritor of Shaci random-needle embroidery [For Women of China]

Dolls in Miao costumes produced by Ou Donghua, an inheritor of Miao embroidery, an intangible cultural heritage in Southwest China's Guizhou Province [For Women of China]

A wireless charging device decorated by stitchwork developed by a Shenzhen-based company [For Women of China]

A gift box themed on shadow plays brought by a women's team from Jinan led by Li Juan,  an inheritor of shadow puppetry — a national intangible cultural heritage from Jinan in East China's Shandong Province [For Women of China]

Lisu Costume Production project submitted by a research association of the Lisu ethnic group in Yanbian County, Panzhihua, Southwest China's Sichuan Province [For Women of China]

Cloisonne enamel paintings by Deng Biling, a sixth-generation inheritor of cloisonne enamel painting of Southwest China's Yunnan Province [For Women of China]

(Translated and edited by Women of China)