In Chengdu, Hu Yanzi started a unique sex education night school that attracted parents, grandparents, and children. One grandmother even shared what she learned at the night school with her granddaughter during bath time. There were also 3.5-year-old children attending with their parents, showing the importance of sex education within families across generations.

In 2019, Hu Yanzi launched the “Childhood Secrets Archive” project, which initially was an exhibition in an art museum, collecting over 1,280 records related to childhood trauma caused by a lack of sex education. By the summer of 2023, she successfully organized sex education-themed events, including art exhibitions, roundtable discussions, night school classes, and animation screenings. These activities highlighted the importance of sex education, emphasizing that it should be age-appropriate and based on scientific principles. For example, to help middle school students who were unwilling to talk to their parents, they formed peer groups with older siblings, making the learning process more comfortable.

Promoting sex education in cities is relatively easier, but it faces more challenges in rural areas. The archive includes cases of sexual abuse in rural communities, calling for collaboration between urban and rural areas, and the strengthening of emergency measures and laws. The goal of spreading sex education is to help children seek help bravely when facing threats. Promoting sex education in the community requires a broad action network to ensure that every child receives proper education and can protect themselves.

China’s First Sex Education Community / Meiling Feng / Education Futures: KIPP & Futures Project (2024-25) by Mewling Feng is licensed under a 知识共享署名CC BY 3.0