"Serving the people wholeheartedly" — this is the motto of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the world's largest ruling party. The CPC had 98.04 million members at the end of 2022, including 29.3 million women members, who accounted for 29.9 percent of the Party's total membership. Although they are from different walks of life, and they joined the Party at different ages, their aspiration is the same: Serving the people. To mark the 102nd anniversary of the founding of the CPC, which fell on July 1, Party members, from across the country, attended various voluntary activities, to serve children, the elderly, farmers, workers, and community residents. They proved, through their actions, their original aspiration has not changed.

In Hohhot, capital of North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, veteran and young Party members share their experiences in joining the Party, and they review their original aspirations.

Party members provide voluntary services to tourists in Nanhu Lake scenic area, in Jiaxing, a city in East China's Zhejiang Province.

Doctors, with a Party members' volunteer group, give free physical examinations to residents of Lu'an, a city in East China's Anhui Province.

A medical worker, who is a Party member, teaches CPR skills to employees of a company in Yongchuan, a district of Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality.

Party members make zongzi, a traditional Chinese food popular during the Dragon Boat Festival, for disadvantaged families in Zhangye, a city in Northwest China's Gansu Province.

Party members, from a community in Ji'an, a city in East China's Jiangxi Province, prepare a free breakfast for local sanitation workers.

A Party member helps a farmer guard ducks in Qiandongnan, a prefecture in Southwest China's Guizhou Province.

Volunteers help fruit farmers sell peaches, via livestreaming, in Hai'an, a city in East China's Jiangsu Province.

Party members help farmers harvest melons in Bozhou, a city in East China's Anhui Province.

A villager and a Party member volunteer at a lotus-root-planting base in Dazhou, a city in Southwest China's Sichuan Province.

A Party member is volunteering her time at a rural embroidery cooperative in Tarbagatay, a prefecture in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Police officers, both of whom are Party members, visit a veteran soldier in Yanbian, a prefecture in Northeast China's Jilin Province.

Party members, volunteering with a community-service team, lead residents in tai chi in Huzhou, a city in East China's Zhejiang Province.

A Party member volunteers during an activity in a special-education center in Yinchuan, capital of Northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.

A teacher, who volunteers with a preschool-education-service station, plays with children at a rural kindergarten, in Xinyu, a city in East China's Jiangxi Province.

A worker, with the Party members' service team of a power supply company, explains how to safely use electricity to primary school students in Xiangxi, a prefecture in Central China's Hunan Province.

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(Women of China English Monthly July 2023 issue)