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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Moscow, October 13 (Xinhua) — China will establish a Global Center for Women's Potential Development to cultivate even more outstanding female talent and is willing to share its positive experience in advocating for women's rights. The initiatives put forward by Chinese leader Xi Jinping demonstrate the country's commitment to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. This is how Ekaterina Zaklyazminskaya, head of the Center for World Politics and Strategic Analysis at the Institute of China and Modern Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences, commented on Monday on Chinese President Xi Jinping's speech at the opening ceremony of the Global Women's Summit in Beijing.
"China is ready to share its own positive experience in the fight for gender equality. At the opening of the Global Women's Summit, the Chinese leader announced a number of initiatives aimed at supporting women's development. The proposed financial assistance and special women's educational programs will open new opportunities for more than 50,000 women worldwide," Zaklyazminskaya noted in an interview with Xinhua.
In his opening speech at the Global Women's Summit, Xi Jinping emphasized that China actively promotes international exchanges and cooperation for women within the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. He announced that China would provide US$100 million from the Global Development and South-South Cooperation Fund to jointly implement cooperation projects with international organizations aimed at the development of women and girls; launch 1,000 small but socially significant projects to improve public welfare, with women and girls as the priority beneficiaries; invite 50,000 women to participate in exchanges and training courses in China; and establish a "Global Women's Capacity Development Center" to promote cooperation with interested countries and international organizations in the field of women's capacity development.
According to E. Zaklyazminskaya, support for women and girls at the global level “demonstrates China’s commitment to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.”
The Global Women's Summit is taking place in China on October 13-14. It aims to give new impetus to advancing gender equality and women's comprehensive development, as well as to foster the formation of a community with a shared future for humanity.
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