Chinese president Xi Jinping delivers a keynote speech at the Global Leaders' Meeting on Women held in Beijing, China, October 13, 2025. Chinese President Xi Jinping reaffirmed China's commitment to accelerating the all-round development of women by announcing a series of new proposals and measures at the Global Leaders' Meeting on Women held in Beijing on Monday. | Beautiful places in China

President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the Global Leaders’ Meeting on Women. Thirty years ago, the Fourth World Conference on Women 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 that goal. Equality between men and women is now a universal consensus of the international community. A great many outstanding women have stepped up