A meeting to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women opened in Beijing on August 29, with more than 800 delegates around the world to review women development in the past ten years and look beyond.

Beijing Plus Ten, centering on the theme of "Action for Equality, Development and Peace", will review the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action passed at the Fourth World Conference on Women and the 2000 Millennium Development Goals.

The 800-odd delegates will also discuss new issues in women development and try to put forward solutions to promoting women development and gender equality.

Chinese President Hu Jintao, Sri Lanka President Chandrika Kumaratunga, Esthonian President Arnold Ruutel and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour delivered speeches at the opening ceremony chaired by Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi.

Source: Xinhua