Feng Yue (right) with a mother and her baby at a maternity and child care center in Beijing. [Photo/China Daily] As one of China's first internationally certified lactation consultants, Feng Yue often comes across absurd infant care scenarios and the lack of awareness that new mothers have about breastfeeding. In particular, these absurd scenarios often happen to highly educated mothers, she said. Feng, a co-founder of New Way Breastfeeding Care, has helped some 6,000 new mothers in China, including a number of Olympic gold medalists and film stars, with lactation in the last seven years. I, myself, was such a case, she said. It was the enormous pain that I felt from a strong and hard hand massage by a nanny who had no professional training in massaging the breast for milk 10 years ago that made me determined to seek a career in this sector. In the first few days after giving birth to her son in September 2008, Feng said her nanny massaged her incorrectly, leading to blocked lactiferous ducts. She had to undergo breast surgery to completely unblock the ducts. Those painful experiences prompted Feng to quit her job at a joint venture and start acquiring professional knowledge about breastfeeding. She has been a volunteer helping new mothers since 2009. She said some mothers were cheated by masseuses who told them that they needed to be massaged more than 100 times to sustain their breast milk. Not only did the new mothers spend a lot of money on such useless massages, but some of the massages also caused breast-related health complications. Feng said increasing Chinese women's knowledge about breastfeeding and providing more psychological support to them are crucial. Breastfeeding has been proved to help newborns develop intelligence and healthy bodies, and help reduce the mental stress of new mothers. However, Feng said Chinese mothers are more interested in buying imported milk powder. Statistics from the National Health Commission indicate that only 29.2 percent of mothers in China provide pure breast milk to one-to six-month-old infants, while the figure overseas is 40 percent. Statistics from a Sohu report last year show that China has fewer than 400 international board certified lactation consultants, or IBCLCs, indicating that many breast massage professionals and nannies have not been well trained. Some may only have local training certificates, but many in suburban areas have no certification at all. Currently, Chinese lactation professionals can only take the IBCLC examination in Taiwan or in the United States. To a certain extent, all these circumstances have led to false breastfeeding methods, and a low breast milk rate, Feng said. To her delight, more Chinese celebrities have joined campaigns to raise awareness of breastfeeding in recent years. Thanks to her professional techniques, Feng has helped some 20 Olympic medalists and world champions, including figure skater Shen Xue, synchronized swimmer Zhang Xiaohuan and gymnast Zhang Nan, and film stars such as Jiang Qinqin, to breastfeed their babies. These public figures have vowed to publicly support breastfeeding education for Chinese women. Feng plans to offer more e-learning courses for new mothers and professionals in the sector, and also introduce the IBCLC examination to the Chinese mainland. custom camo wristbandsembossed printed wristbandscustom bracelets torontobusiness silicone wristbandsbasketball silicone bracelets
President Xi Jinping meets with Chief Executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) Chui Sai-on in Beijing, Dec 17, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING - President Xi Jinping on Monday met with Chief Executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) Chui Sai-on, who is on a duty visit to Beijing. During the meeting, Xi heard a report by Chui on Macao's current situation and the Macao SAR government's work. Xi said that over the past year, the Macao SAR government, under Chui's leadership, had faithfully fulfilled its duties, been prudent and steady in its work style, and implemented the one country, two systems policy and the Macao SAR Basic Law. The Macao SAR government had improved the institutions and mechanisms for safeguarding national security, proactively taken part in the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and in the Belt and Road Initiative, promoted the proper diversification of the economy, improved the livelihood of the people, and strengthened the disaster prevention and reduction system, winning the praise of the Macao society, Xi said. The central government fully endorses the work by Chui and the Macao SAR government, he said. In the process of reform and opening up of the new era, Hong Kong and Macao still have a special status and unique advantages, and can still play an irreplaceable role, Xi said. Xi said he believed the compatriots of Macao would seize the opportunities, expand the space of development and foster new drivers of growth by integrating the SAR's own development into the development of the country, and greet the 20th anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland with new achievements. custom wristbandsplain black silicone wristbandsrubber band wristband makercolor wristbandscustom rubber bracelets<%2fcenter>
