Chinese state councilor meets foreign guests

Chinese state councilor meets foreign guests

Xinhua
13 Oct 2025, 22:02 GMT+

BEIJING, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- Chinese State Councilor Shen Yiqin on Monday met separately with Teresa Amarelle, secretary general of the Federation of Cuban Women, and UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous.

Amarelle and Bahous are in Beijing to attend the Global Leaders' Meeting on Women.

In the meeting with Amarelle, Shen, also president of the All-China Women's Federation, said that China is ready to work with Cuba to implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, deepen cooperation in various fields including women's affairs, and jointly promote the development of global women's cause.

Amarelle, who is also a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, spoke highly of the achievements in China's women's cause and expressed active support for the implementation of the meeting's outcomes.

When meeting with Bahous, Shen said that China is ready to work closely with UN Women to jointly implement the meeting's outcomes and promote global gender equality and the all-round development of women.

Bahous said that UN Women is willing to deepen cooperation with China to turn the meeting's consensus into concrete actions and contribute to the all-round development of women worldwide.

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