A new campaign organized by the Beijing Women's Federation to honor "harmonious" families in Beijing has sparked controversy, Beijing News reported.

The campaign has different systems for urban and rural areas and will select 200 harmonious families every two years.

There are 27 criteria for the urban harmonious family, with some saying that family members must frequently access the Internet, own at least 300 books, subscribe to at least one newspaper or magazine, and consume less than eight tons of domestic water per month.

The new campaign stresses the harmony between family members, the family and society, and the family and nature. However, some residents can not figure out what the listed 27 criteria have to do with being a "harmonious" family.

(China.org.cn February 5, 2012)

《新京報》報道，北京市婦聯發起的一項“首都和諧家庭”評選活動引發了爭議。

該活動體系分為城區版和郊區版，每兩年評選一次，每次評選200個和諧家庭。

城區版標準達27項，其中一些標準要求家庭成員要經常上網﹑家庭藏書量300冊以上﹑訂閱報刊不少于一份﹑每月家庭用水少于八噸。

雖然該活動強調家庭內部和諧、家庭與社會和諧、家庭與自然和諧，但有些居民實在搞不懂這27項標準到底與家庭“和諧”有什么關系。