Several children from areas inhabited by ethnic groups in Southwest China's Guizhou Province present their drawings in celebration of the arrival of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.[CCTF]

The 2021"Eternal Love Action—One-Line Linkage of Millions of Families"Project was launched through the audio app of China Media Group,the country's leading media platform,on December 28,2021.The project's organizers invited children of various ethnic minorities to express their expectations for the upcoming Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games through drawings,and organized loving parents to knit sweaters with the patterns drawn by the children.

Chen Xiurong,former Vice-President and Member of the Secretariat of the All-China Women's Federation and President of the China Children and Teenagers'Fund,addresses the launch ceremony.[CCTF]

Chen Xiurong,former Vice-President and Member of the Secretariat of the All-China Women's Federation(ACWF)and President of the China Children and Teenagers'Fund(CCTF),delivered a speech during the ceremony.

Chen called on people from all walks of life to continue to support the project.She also said she hoped the project's participants would always be ready to help others,and that may place a premium on the fine social custom.Chen added that many children in need would receive help and loving care from the project's participants.

Gu Haoning,deputy director of the Market Development Department of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games,speaks at the opening ceremony.[CCTF]

Gu Haoning,deputy director of the Market Development Department of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games,said that the event combined the charity project with the promotion of the Winter Olympics culture.He also said he hoped more people would have a better understanding of the Olympics,and do something to cheer for Chinese athletes who compete during the Games.

Chen Zhongwei,president of Hengyuanxiang Group,speaks at the opening ceremony.[CCTF]

A collection of photos shows the wide participation of people,from all walks of life across the country,in the charity project.[CCTF]

According to the CCTF,86 central and State organs,and the women's federations of 30 of China's provinces,municipalities or autonomous regions,including the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps,participated in the project in 2021.The project's participants conveyed their love and care to children in need through the knitted sweaters.

A loving mother and her pairing-up girl create a painting together.[CCTF]

In the video,children from the Inner Mongolia and the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous regions and Sichuan and Guizhou provinces present their drawings in celebration of the Winter Olympics.

"I feel happy when I wear the sweater knitted by my'loving mother.'Her loving care warms my heart.I wish one day I can go out of the mountains and express my thanks to her face-to-face,wearing the sweater,"Chen Sha,a pupil from Guizhou,says in the video.

Zhou Yan,a former member of China's National Curling Team,extends her best wishes to children in need.[CCTF]

Cadres from the National Development and Reform Commission knit sweaters.[CCTF]

"This year marks our eighth year of our participation in the project.We hope the sweaters(knitted by us)will convey our love and care to children in need,"said Wen Bugao,the Executive Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the National Development and Reform Commission(NDRC).

Loving mothers from Xinjiang knit sweaters.[CCTF]

Zhang Liying,Vice-President of the Women's Federation of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region,said that through the project,women and children of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang would perceive love and care from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China(CPC),as well as from people in various parts of the country.

Sweaters knitted for children in need.[CCTF]

"Eternal Love Action"was launched by the CCTF and Hengyuanxiang Group in 2005.In the past years,Hengyuanxiang Group has donated 102 million yuan(US$16 million)in cash and materials,including more than 335,000 kilograms of woolen yarn.Millions of families,from China's provinces,municipalities or autonomous regions(including the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps),and from China's Hong Kong,Macao and Taiwan and staff members of central and State organs have knitted sweaters for 1.23 million children in need and those living in border areas.The project was named one of the most influential charity projects in China in 2008,2009 and 2015.