| Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Monday, November 19, 2001 |
Beijing Holds Exhibition on Puberty Sex Education |
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An exhibition displaying information on puberty is currently being held at Zhongshan Park in Beijing and has attracted groups of high school and primary school students.
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An exhibition displaying information on puberty is currently being held at Zhongshan Park in Beijing and has attracted groups of high school and primary school students.
Jointly sponsored by the state and the municipal educational and family planning departments, the exhibition aims to help adolescents understand the physiological and psychological changes which occur in puberty.
The exhibition for the first time introduces adolescents to contraception and to preventive measures against AIDS and venereal diseases, which were previously considered forbidden areas in teenage sex education.
Yuan Tiexiang, deputy director of the Beijing Family Planning Commission's educational center, says that sex education in puberty should also help adolescents develop healthy ideas about their roles in future life and also with marriage.
Besides pictures and videos, the exhibition also offers experts who can provide consultations. Experts say puberty is the time when adolescents form their outlook on life and their view of the world as well as undergoing physiological and psychological changes. According to the organization committee, the exhibition will last for two months. In China about 20 million children reaching puberty annually, according to incomplete statistics.
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