On December 21, the 15th Anniversary Achievement Release of the "Eternal Love Action" initiated by the China Children and Teenagers' Fund and Heng Yuanxiang Group and the launch ceremony of the 2020 "Eternal Love Action-One Line of Love among Millions of Families" was held on the online platform. Chen Xiurong, chairman of the China Children and Teenagers' Fund, and Zhao Wen, secretary of the Secretariat of the All-China Women's Federation, and member of the party group attended the event.

Relevant leaders, business representatives, and aided children jointly launched the 2020 "Eternal Love Action—One-line Linkage of One Million Families" charity activity (Photo by China News Agency reporter Jia Tianyong)

Since 2005, the "Eternal Love Action" has used loving sweaters as a link to connect loving parents with orphans and disabled children, and convey the warm love of the party and society. In 2014, in order to implement the spirit of the second Central Xinjiang Work Symposium and implement the important instructions of the Party Central Committee on “Family, Family Education, and Family Style”, the All-China Women’s Federation, China Children’s and Teenagers’ Fund, and Hengyuanxiang Group conducted the "On the basis of this, we jointly launched the "Eternal Love Action-Millions of Families" charity activity, aimed at mobilizing the majority of inland families and Xinjiang ethnic minority families to knit and donate love sweaters to each other to provide exchanges and integration among families of all ethnic groups. Build a platform for loving interaction and friendship.

Zhu Xisheng, vice chairman and secretary-general of China Children and Teenagers' Fund, released the 15th Anniversary Achievement Report of the "Eternal Love Action" at the launch ceremony. The report pointed out that the "Eternal Love Action" has donated more than 1.15 million love sweaters to ethnic minority children in Xinjiang and children in difficult situations across the country, and received 606,000 jin of cashmere donations from Hengyuanxiang Group, and donated a total of 93 million yuan. In recent years, the "Eternal Love Action" has shown love to children in difficulties in countries along the "Belt and Road" such as Vietnam and Laos, and has conveyed the friendship of the Chinese people.

Zhu Xisheng, Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of China Children and Teenagers' Fund, released the 15th Anniversary Achievement Report of the "Eternal Love Action"

It is reported that "Eternal Love Action" won the "China Charity Award-Most Influential Charity Project" three times in 2008, 2009, and 2015. The project is implemented with extensive social participation and careful organization, and has made unique contributions to promoting the physical and mental health of children in need, promoting national unity and border stability, promoting the formation of good family tutors, and fostering and promoting the spirit of charity.

Xinjiang children receive a sweater 

At the kick-off ceremony, three children from Qinghai and Xinjiang who were aided by the "Eternal Love Action" told through videos that they felt cared for through loving sweaters and gained the confidence and courage to overcome adversity. "Finally on that day, I received a gift. It was soft, and it seemed to have the warmth of a mother's embrace." They recited the poem "The Gift of Life" in unison at the scene, expressing their deep gratitude to the weaver.

"In my heart, it (sweater) is not only a piece of clothing to defend against the cold, but also the love of my loving mothers and the love of the tens of millions of caring people in society." 16 from Datong County, Qinghai Province Said Ma Xiaoting, an old Hui girl. Ma Xiaoting, who has never seen her biological mother, and whose father has not heard from her for many years, has depended on her grandmother since she was a child. She described the sweater she received as a kind of "mental motivation."

The beneficiary children recite poems at the scene 

The launching ceremony also showed the sincere devotion of caring sweater knitters such as the elderly, disabled mothers, college students, women's volleyball players and the grassroots women's federation workers responsible for the implementation of the project in the form of video. When the new crown pneumonia epidemic was raging, the 77-year-old Shanghai retired teacher Yan Jiazhen cared about the children in Wuhan, knitting exquisite zodiac sweaters for them day and night. She has donated 234 sweaters in the 14 years since she participated in the "Eternal Love Action". University student Lu Yan kept knitting all the wool that she applied for until four o'clock in the morning. She said, "This is probably the longest thing I have insisted on in the past two years. I have seen my own growth from it."

Zodiac sweater knitted by Yan Jiazhen

Shi Yaming, director of the Party Committee and Mass Work Department of the National Health Commission, told the touching story of medical workers knitting sweaters for children of ethnic minorities in Xinjiang outside the battlefield of fighting the epidemic. This year, the total amount of wool received by the National Health Commission is nearly twice that of last year. "Sometimes heal, often help, and always comfort. This is not only for the body in pain, but also for the soul in trouble. We have seen the mission of Ever Love Action and the mission of the angel in white. The greatest resonance," she said.

Love card written by the sweater knitters of the China-Japan Friendship Hospital

At the event site, Hengyuanxiang Group once again donated RMB 10.04,800 to the China Children and Teenagers' Fund. Chen Zhongwei, chairman and general manager of Hengyuanxiang Group, said in his speech that the sweaters donated by "Eternal Love Action" were knitted by caring people who spent time and energy. Some of the knitters were even disabled, but they still did their best to serve the society. Give your strength. "Yarn is limited, but the feelings it expresses are infinite." Chen Zhongwei said.

Chen Xiurong, Chairman of China Children and Teenagers' Fund, accepts donations from Hengyuanxiang Group

Representatives of women's federations in some provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities, the central government and relevant departments of state agencies participated in the launching ceremony. The event was first broadcast on Phoenix Net and CCTV's movie channel Consolidated Media on the evening of 21st.