Edited by Chu Yang and David L. Bandurski Looking back on the People’s Daily headlines, the emphasis in 2013 was on gender equality, while in 2018 the focus was on career advancement. This year, the emphasis was on "contributing women's strengths to Chinese-style modernization" (为中国式现代化建设贡献巾帼力量). At first glance, this year’s theme might seem consistent with advancing women’s rights and interests. However, we need to understand better what the CCP means here by the vague expression “women’s strengths.” What exactly does this mean? In his speech, and the People’s Daily front-page headline, the term used for “women’s strength,” jinguo liliang (巾帼力量), uses an archaic form of “woman.” Correspondingly, the view of women’s strengths, and the role of women, could be characterized as archaic. After going through a list of demands of women, including that they implement Xi Jinping's ideas on culture,” and “take the lead in practicing socialist core values,” Ding said that, “Women should keep their family and nation in mind, and establish correct views on marriage, childbea