As China battled the surge of COVID-19 pandemic earlier this year, two thirds of the 40,000 medical workers that went to help Hubei Province were women, said Chinese President Xi Jinping at the high-level meeting on the 25th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women at the 75th UN General Assembly on Thursday. During his speech, Xi called to pay special attention to the special needs of women, implementing the Beijing Declaration and a Platform for Action, in fighting the pandemic.