On this day, 41 years ago, October 15, 1984 (September 21, 1984, the Lunar Calendar), the International Day of the Blind. The World Blind Union (THEWORLDBLINDUNION) is an international non-governmental organization established in 1984. Its predecessor was the International Blind Union and the World Blind Welfare Society. The purpose of the association is to enable blind people around the world to participate in social life with equal opportunities and rights. The World Blind Union currently has 72 member states and is headquartered in Paris. China Blind and Deaf Association is one of the founding organizations of the organization. The World Blind Union has consultative status among relevant United Nations organizations. Since its establishment, it has played an important role in preventing blindness, promoting countries to formulate laws and policies to protect the legitimate rights and interests of blind people, strengthening the spirit of self-reliance of blind people, developing the potential of blind people, and promoting international exchanges and cooperation. important role. In 1984, at the founding meeting of the World Blind Alliance held in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, October 15 of each year was determined as the "International Blind Day", which gave blind people a unified organization and their own festival internationally for the first time. Prior to this, there was no fixed day for the Blind's Day. Blind people in some European countries often held cultural and artistic activities in autumn, and called the commemoration day of this event the "White Cane Day". On September 18, 1989, the China Disabled Persons 'Federation issued a notice requiring all localities to organize appropriate celebrations on the annual International Blind Day, with the assistance of the business department, and based on local conditions, so as to activate the lives of blind people and reflect the country and society's concern for blind people.