President Xi Jinping Attends the Opening Ceremony of the Global Leaders’ Meeting on Women and Delivers Keynote Address

On the morning of October 13, President Xi Jinping attended the opening ceremony of the Global Leaders’Meeting on Women at the National Convention Center in Beijing and delivered the keynote address.

On this crisp autumn day, the flags of various countries and the United Nations formed a grand array.

President Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan cordially shook hands and took a group photo with the heads of delegations from participating countries and international organizations as well as their spouses.

Following warm applause, President Xi delivered a keynote address titled “Carrying Forward the Spirit of the Beijing World Conference on Women and Promoting the New and Accelerated Process for Women’s All-Round Development.”

President Xi noted that women play an important role in creating, promoting and carrying forward human civilization. The international community has a shared responsibility to advance the cause of women. Thirty years ago, the Fourth World Conference on Women set the lofty goal of “Action for Equality, Development and Peace,” and adopted the landmark Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Gender equality has been etched in the agenda of our times, galvanizing the whole world in its unwavering pursuit of this goal. Over the past 30 years, guided by the spirit of the Beijing World Conference on Women, the cause of women has been thriving around the world, adding brilliant splendor to the progress of human civilization. Equality between men and women is now a universal consensus of the international community. Prominent progress has been achieved in women’s empowerment. Their educational attainment has been steadily improving, and women are playing an ever more important role in economic, political, cultural, and social affairs. A great many outstanding women have stepped up to take the international stage, living their lives to the full and making contributions with their wisdom and strength.

President Xi noted that complex challenges still hamper women’s all-round development, and equality between men and women remains a lofty yet arduous task. Looking ahead, we should rededicate ourselves to the purpose of the Beijing World Conference on Women, build greater consensus, broaden the paths forward, and take more concrete actions to accelerate the new process of women’s all-round development. To this end, President Xi made four proposals.

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