Representatives of the China Women's Development Foundation (CWDF) and the National Center for Rural Water Supply Technical Guidance of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention discuss their cooperation on the Water Cellar for Mothers Project at a forum in Beijing on December 19.

Representatives of the China Women's Development Foundation (CWDF) and the National Center for Rural Water Supply Technical Guidance of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention discuss their cooperation on the Water Cellar for Mothers Project at a forum in Beijing on December 19.

CWDF Secretary-General Qin Guoying and Director of the National Center for Rural Water Supply Technical Guidance Tao Yong exchanged ideas on various issues, and proposed suggestions on future cooperation.

The National Center for Rural Water Supply Technical Guidance, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention is the technical guidance department of Water Cellar for Mothers Project, which is in charge of research report audits. Their professional technical groups and experience are a guarantee of the quality of the projects and its smooth operations.

The Water Cellar for Mothers Project, co-launched by the All-China Women's Federation (ACWF) and CWDF in 2001, aims to help residents, especially women, of western regions solve their water shortage problems and break free from poverty. By the end of 2011, it had invested more than 600 million yuan (US$ 95.1 million) in China's arid regions and built 128,000 water cellars, benefiting approximately 1.8 million people.