On Oct 1, President Xi Jinping commended the efforts of female medical workers, community workers and volunteers in the fight against COVID-19 at a high-level meeting marking the 25th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women, held in Beijing in 1995.
The 1995 event saw more than 45,000 delegates from 189 countries gather in the capital to discuss issues related to women, and adopted the Beijing Declaration and "platform for action" as a global agenda for women's empowerment.
To celebrate and review the achievements of the past 25 years and explore effective ways to promote gender equality, the Second Global Conference on Women's Development was held in Beijing on Nov 27 under the theme "review, reflection and prospect－the 25th anniversary of the 1995 conference".