Hong Kong holds International Women's Day reception Li Jiachao: Hong Kong women are the mainstay of development

　　China News Service, Hong Kong, March 8 (Reporter Liu Dawei) The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Lee Ka-chao, said at the International Women's Day reception in Hong Kong on the 8th that Hong Kong women are the mainstay of promoting social development, contributing their wisdom and wisdom to economic and social development. Strength also plays an important role in promoting family virtues.

On the evening of March 8, the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Mr Lee Ka-chiu, his wife Li Lam-chan and other guests attended the 2024 International Women’s Day reception hosted by the Home Affairs and Youth Affairs Bureau and the Women’s Commission and raised glasses to celebrate.

The picture shows Li Jiachao (middle) toasting with guests.

Photo by China News Service reporter Li Zhihua

　　On the same day, the 2024 International Women's Day cocktail party organized by the Home Affairs and Youth Affairs Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government (Home Affairs and Youth Affairs Bureau) and the Women's Commission (Women's Commission) was held at the SAR Government Headquarters.

Li Jiachao and his wife Li Linlichan hosted the reception.

Li Jiachao made the above remarks in his speech.

　　Li Jiachao pointed out that in Hong Kong, women account for 54% of the entire population, and the saying "women hold up half the sky" is apt.

With the progress of society, Hong Kong women have become stronger and more independent, exerting more than half of the sky.

In the past year, the SAR government has made many new progress in promoting women's development, such as the launch of the "Women's Self-Strength Fund" with an annual allocation of HK$20 million.

This year, the SAR government will also launch a number of new measures to promote the development of families and women.

　　Mai Meijuan, director of the Youth Affairs Bureau, said in her speech that the Youth Affairs Bureau will continue to promote a number of new measures related to family and women's development proposed by the Chief Executive in the 2023 policy address.

For example, a special "Women's Affairs Group" will be set up, and the position of "Women's Affairs Commissioner" will be established starting from the 1st of next month to be responsible for promoting women's affairs.

The Youth Affairs Bureau will also host the first Family and Women’s Development Summit to collect public opinions to help formulate measures that focus more on supporting women’s development and promoting family education, and launch a one-stop family and women’s information platform to collect relevant information.

　　Those attending the reception included members of the Women's Committee, women's groups, non-governmental organizations and representatives from the business sector.

The reception included a themed display panel to review the work done by the SAR government and the Women's Committee in promoting women's development.

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