妇女是推动经济发展和社会进步的伟大力量,妇女工作是党的群众工作的重要组成部分,妇联是党在妇女群众中的根基组织。我们党历来高度重视妇女工作,毛泽东、邓小平、江泽民同志都对发展妇女事业作过许多重要论述。胡锦涛同志在接见中国妇女九大部分代表座谈会上强调:“牢固树立 Women are a great force in promoting economic development and social progress. Women’s work is an important part of the mass work of the Party. The Women’s Federation is the party’s basic organization among the masses of women. Our party has always attached great importance to women’s work. Many important expositions have been made by Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping and Jiang Zemin on the cause of developing women’s affairs. Comrade Hu Jintao, at the reception of the nine representatives of Chinese women, stressed at the forum: "firmly establish