A new chapter in gender equality, women's empowerment

CHINAS journey in advancing women’s rights is still unfolding. From Beijing to the world, it carries a message of hope and responsibility that empowering women is not only a national priority but a contribution to humanity's shared future.

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Thirty years after the landmark Fourth World Conference on Women adopted the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, China has not only voiced its commitment but also put words into action. The evidence lies not merely in policy documents or official statistics, but in the everyday stories of women who are overcoming barriers, seizing opportunities, and reshaping the future of their families, their communities and the nation itself.

Each morning at Huaping High School for Girls in Yunnan Province, the schoolyard rings with a bold pledge, “I was born to be a mountain not a creek, rising to the high peaks with the valleys at my feet.” Behind that voice stands Zhang Guimei, the school’s founder. In her sixties and struggling with illness, she still devotes more than 18 hours a day to her students. Megaphone in hand, she has become a living symbol of how education can open doors that poverty once closed.