Wu Haiying, Vice-President and Member of the Secretariat of the All-China Women's Federation (ACWF), extended festival greetings to women athletes, workers and volunteers during her visit to the Paralympic Village in Yanqing District in Beijing on March 8 to commemorate International Women's Day. On behalf of Shen Yueyue, President of the ACWF, and Huang Xiaowei, Secretary of the Leading Party Members' Group and Vice-President and First Member of the Secretariat of the ACWF, Wu congratulated women athletes from home and abroad on their excellent performance in the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games and hailed the hard work of women workers and volunteers for the Paralympic Winter Games.

On the same day, the ACWF held an activity with the theme "Friendship, Unity and Together for a Shared Future" in the Paralympic Village to deepen exchanges between women from home and abroad. Chinese athletes and their foreign counterparts learned how to make traditional Chinese knots and Shuey-Rhon-Rhon-shaped handicrafts with paper and clay.

The ACWF also commended 38 women workers who made great contributions to ensure the smooth operation of both the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games and the Paralympic Winter Games.

Chinese volunteers teach foreign athletes how to make traditional Chinese knots during the activity. [China Women's News/Yang Rui]

A volunteer helps a foreign athlete make a Shuey-Rhon-Rhon-shaped lantern during the activity. [China Women's News/Yang Rui]

(Source: China Women's News/Translated and edited by Women of China)