Hong Kong can serve as a women’s rights role model for mainland China and overseas countries, the nation’s former foreign vice-minister has said, calling for her peers to step up their contributions to world peace.
Fu Ying, China’s former vice-minister of foreign affairs, also said on Wednesday that the world had become increasingly unstable amid frequent regional conflicts and geopolitical turbulence.
“The prospect of global sustainable development has been shaken. The world needs to find new solutions and plan new paths for peace,” she said at the Family and Women Development Summit Hong Kong, held at the Convention and Exhibition Centre.
She also pointed to the Global Security Initiative proposed by President Xi Jinping in response to the international community’s needs, which emphasises solving issues through mutual respect, active communication and equal cooperation.
“Women have a more perceptual understanding of peace and can play a greater role in maintaining peace and creating security,” Fu said.
The former vice-minister said the country had been leading the world in promoting women’s development, with a growing number joining various industries.
The mainland last year had more than 40 million female science and technology workers, accounting for 45.8 per cent of all members of the sector, she said.
