Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the opening ceremony of the Global Leaders' Meeting on Women and deliver a keynote speech, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced on Thursday.

The meeting, co-hosted by China and UN Women, will be held in Beijing from October 13 to 14.

This year marks both the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations and the 30th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women organized by the UN, which was held in Beijing in 1995, spokesperson Guo Jiakun told a press briefing.

The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action was adopted at the conference 30 years ago, which became a milestone in the development of women's cause globally, Guo said.

In 2020, President Xi attended the High-Level Meeting of the UN General Assembly on the 25th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women via video link and delivered an important speech, in which he proposed to convene another Global Leaders' Meeting on Women in 2025.

To deliver on this important proposal of Xi, Guo said the meeting will bring parties together to renew the spirit of the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, accelerate the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, provide new impetus for promoting gender equality globally and the all-round development of women, and jointly build a community with a shared future for humanity.

Dozens of heads of state and government, leaders of parliament, deputy prime ministers, ministerial-level officials, heads of international organizations and friends from around the world are expected to attend.

"We look forward to working with the international community to make this meeting a great success and set it up as another milestone in the history of the development of women's cause globally," Guo said.