UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed on Monday hailed China's role in advancing the global cause of women, saying the country's progress on gender equality gives hope to those who feel left behind. Amina Mohammed was in China's capital city Beijing for the Global Leaders' Meeting on Women scheduled for Monday and Tuesday. At the opening ceremony on Monday morning, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote address, proposing joint efforts in fostering an enabling environment for women's growth and development. Amina Mohammed and other international guests also delivered speeches. Talking to China Global Television Network (CGTN), the UN official emphasized the importance of the grand gathering. Warning that there is still a lot of work to be done to advance women's cause, Amina Mohammed commended China's efforts to promote gender equality, in a way which can inspire other countries. Shotlist: Beijing, China - Oct 13, 2025: 1. Various of Amina Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary-General, speaking at Global Leaders' Meeting on Women; Beijing, China - Oct 13, 2025 2. SOUDNBITE (English) Amina Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary-General (partially overlaid with shot 3): "Well, for me, it's a special time for women to come together. It's a world where the geopolitical tensions have caused a lot of damage to multilateralism. And the idea that we are better together, and bringing women together to celebrate what was quite momentous in 1995, and to say 'well, we did well, we're not there yet, and we still have a way to go', and that recommitment." [SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE]; 3. Various of meeting in progress, attendees [SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE]; Beijing, China - Oct 13, 2025 4. Sign of meeting; Beijing, China - Oct 13, 2025 5. SOUDNBITE (English) Amina Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary-General (starting with shot 4/partially overlaid with shots 6-10): "I think China has a role at the global level where we reinforce this with meetings and summits like this, with our member states to make sure everyone is coming along. But I think we have an even bigger role to see China play at the country level. If I have to think back 30 years, what China is today does give a lot of hope for, I think, for many countries around the world who feel like they've been left behind, that it is possible to do things in a big way. It is possible to bring so many hundreds of millions of people out of poverty, access to education, women in the workforce. And therefore you can do so much more. I think that's important."; [SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] FILE: China - Date Unknown 6. African women visiting library in China; FILE: Date and Location Unknown 7. Women posing for photos at port; 8. Chinese peacekeepers posing for photos with African children; FILE: Zibqin, Lebanon - June 17, 2022 9. Various of Chinese doctors treating children; FILE: China - Exact Date and Location Unknown 10. Various of women from all walks of life at work [SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE]; Beijing, China - Oct 13, 2025 11. Sign of Global Leaders' Meeting on Women 2025; 12. Meeting backdrop, flags of attending countries, UN flag. [Restriction - No access Chinese mainland]