On December 16th, the first Women and Children's Legal Protection Forum, jointly organized by the Marriage and Family Law Research Association of the China Law Society, the Law School of the China Women's University (China Women's and Children's Rights Protection Research Institute), and the Family Law Research Center of the China Women's University, was held in Beijing. The forum focuses on the theme of "institutional guarantees for the comprehensive development of women in the new era". Huang Jing, Dean of the Law School of China Women's University (China Women's and Children's Rights Protection Research Institute), presided over the opening ceremony of the forum. Nearly a hundred scholars and practitioners from universities, research institutions, women's federations, and judicial practice departments across the country have conducted in-depth discussions and exchanges on major theoretical and practical issues related to the comprehensive development of women. The comprehensive development level of women is one of the important indicators for measuring the progress of social civilization. The newly revised Women's Rights Protection Law in 2022 adds the legislative purpose of "promoting women's comprehensive development" and improves and optimizes the institutional mechanisms for promoting women's comprehensive development. Xia Yinlan, President of the Marriage and Family Law Research Association of the China Law Society and Professor of the Human Rights Research Institute of the China University of Political Science and Law, pointed out in her speech that China has currently formed a legal protection system for women's rights and interests, which reflects theoretical and institutional innovation with Chinese characteristics in terms of concepts and systems. This forum is a comprehensive and systematic discussion on women's law more than a year after the revision of the Women's Rights Protection Law, hoping to make new contributions to the construction of a knowledge system for women's human rights in China and to further promote academic research and theoretical innovation in women's law in China. She also pointed out that women's law research should continue to develop in depth, further summarize and refine the particularity and progressiveness of China's women's law, and enhance the subjectivity, originality and competitiveness of research; To further accurately and accurately interpret the main content, core principles, and spiritual essence of the Law on the Protection of Women's Rights and Interests; We need to further pay attention to the new situations and problems that women face in social practice, and make great efforts in "studying real problems, studying real problems". This forum has set up four main topics: "Legal Basis and Responsibilities of Women's Comprehensive Development", "Institutional Mechanisms to Ensure Women's Comprehensive Development", "Protection of Women's Rights and Interests in Key Regions, Groups, and Fields", and "New Situation, New Issues, and New Ideas for Women's Comprehensive Development in the New Era". Participants conducted in-depth discussions around the themes. The attending experts believe that the essence of women's issues is a human rights issue, the essence of women's comprehensive development is the full realization of human rights, and the pursuit of human freedom and comprehensive development is the highest value of human rights. Promoting women's all-round development is an important part of Chinese path to modernization. Promoting women's all-round development is highly integrated with promoting common prosperity. The foundation for the comprehensive development of women in the new era is the synchronous development of women and the economy and society, with a focus on balanced development among women, coordinated development in various fields of women, and equal and harmonious development between women and men. The goal is the free and comprehensive development of women. The attending experts also explored the meaning and standards of gender equality from different perspectives, such as the Marxist material production mode and the Western legal theory of gender equality. They reviewed the significant development of legal policies on gender equality and women's comprehensive development in China, and reflected on the characteristics and implementation methods of gender equality and women's comprehensive development in China. Surroundings of this forum