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07BEIJING753
2007-01-31 12:46:00
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Embassy Beijing
Cable title:
CHINA'S MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 BEIJING 000753
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STATE FOR S/WE (SASHA MEHRA, GERDA LANE)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PHUM KWMN CH
SUBJECT: CHINA'S MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN
REF: A. STATE 202341
B. STATE 178055
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 BEIJING 000753
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SIPDIS
STATE FOR S/WE (SASHA MEHRA, GERDA LANE)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PHUM KWMN CH
SUBJECT: CHINA'S MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN
REF: A. STATE 202341
B. STATE 178055
1. Post is pleased to provide the names and thumbnail
backgrounds of five women we consider the most influential in
China (Ref A). Although women in China enjoy equal rights
under law, in reality they often face considerable obstacles
to advancement. The women we mention below have overcome
these hurdles and are making significant contributions to
women's empowerment and to China's social, political and
economic development overall.
2. Our five most influential women for China are:
A. Wu Yi, Vice Premier in charge of economic affairs. Wu is
credited with steering China on the right public health path
during the SARS crisis in 2003 and is now the head of China's
delegation to the Strategic Economic Dialogue. She can be
contacted via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office of North
America and Oceania Affairs, tel. (8610) 6596-2610.
B. Chen Zhili, State Councilor in charge of education,
culture and sports. Chen was one of the first Mainland
students to study in the United States in the Communist era.
Preparations for the 2008 Summer Olympics fall under her
purview. She can be contacted via the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs Office of North America and Oceania Affairs, tel.
(8610) 6596-2610.
C. Liu Yandong, President of the United Front Work
Department. Liu is an up-and-coming official with
connections to President Hu Jintao. She presides over the
government agency that is in charge of minority and regional
relations within China and she likely has a bright future.
She can be reached via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office
of North America and Oceania Affairs, tel. (8610) 6596-2610.
D. Hong Huang, head of the China Interactive Media Group.
Hong's mother was Mao Zedong's English teacher. She has
become a style trendsetter as a dynamic Chinese media mogul.
Her publishing empire includes the Chinese version of TimeOut
Beijing, Seventeen and I-Look magazines. She also has a
popular blog on the Chinese web portal Sina.com. She can be
reached at (86) 139-0137-9546.
E. Zhang Yin, China's richest woman and the head of the Nine
Dragons Paper Company. Zhang has been featured in a bevy of
recent foreign media stories, including in The Wall Street
Journal and The New York Times. She made billions by
building a waste paper reprocessing business in China that
currently has two plants and boasts more than 7,000
employees. She can be reached at tel. (0769) 8823-4888, ext.
3025.
Alternate: Song Xiuyan, Governor of Qinghai Province. Song
is the sole woman governor of a Chinese province. She leads
public policy decision making in a vast province with limited
resources and considerable poverty. She can be reached
through the Qinghai Province Foreign Affairs Office, tel.
(0971) 823-9606.
Alternate: Guo Jianmei, Director of the Beijing University
Women's Legal Aid Center. Under Guo's leadership, the Center
has helped draft legislation, which the National People's
Congress has passed, banning sexual harassment in China. Guo
and her team test this and other laws by taking on individual
cases with a view to codifying women's rights in law and
increasing awareness of discrimination issues. She can be
reached at tel. (8610) 8483-3276.
Alternate: Xie Lihua, Secretary-General, Cultural
Development Center for Rural Women. Official statistics show
that as up to 450 million women in China are rural residents,
many of whom live in the country's poorest areas. Through
her organization, Xie builds partnerships between the private
and public sectors aimed at improving the lives of women
beyond China's boomtowns. She can be reached at tel. (8610)
6619-4191, or e-mail Lihua xie@263.net.
Alternate: Hu Shuli, editor in chief of the influential
biweekly Caijing Magazine, which aspires to be China's
version of The Economist. Hu encourages her reporters to
constantly push the editorial envelope. As a result, Caijing
regularly runs groundbreaking exposes that reveal corruption
and other misconduct in Chinese officialdom and among the
business elite. She can be reached at (8610) 6588-5047.
3. Political officer Chris Klein handles the women's issues
portfolio at Embassy Beijing. Contact info: (8610)
6532-3831, ext. 6742, or e-mail kleincc@state.gov.
BEIJING 00000753 002 OF 002
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SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR S/WE (SASHA MEHRA, GERDA LANE)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PHUM KWMN CH
SUBJECT: CHINA'S MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN
REF: A. STATE 202341
B. STATE 178055
1. Post is pleased to provide the names and thumbnail
backgrounds of five women we consider the most influential in
China (Ref A). Although women in China enjoy equal rights
under law, in reality they often face considerable obstacles
to advancement. The women we mention below have overcome
these hurdles and are making significant contributions to
women's empowerment and to China's social, political and
economic development overall.
2. Our five most influential women for China are:
A. Wu Yi, Vice Premier in charge of economic affairs. Wu is
credited with steering China on the right public health path
during the SARS crisis in 2003 and is now the head of China's
delegation to the Strategic Economic Dialogue. She can be
contacted via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office of North
America and Oceania Affairs, tel. (8610) 6596-2610.
B. Chen Zhili, State Councilor in charge of education,
culture and sports. Chen was one of the first Mainland
students to study in the United States in the Communist era.
Preparations for the 2008 Summer Olympics fall under her
purview. She can be contacted via the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs Office of North America and Oceania Affairs, tel.
(8610) 6596-2610.
C. Liu Yandong, President of the United Front Work
Department. Liu is an up-and-coming official with
connections to President Hu Jintao. She presides over the
government agency that is in charge of minority and regional
relations within China and she likely has a bright future.
She can be reached via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office
of North America and Oceania Affairs, tel. (8610) 6596-2610.
D. Hong Huang, head of the China Interactive Media Group.
Hong's mother was Mao Zedong's English teacher. She has
become a style trendsetter as a dynamic Chinese media mogul.
Her publishing empire includes the Chinese version of TimeOut
Beijing, Seventeen and I-Look magazines. She also has a
popular blog on the Chinese web portal Sina.com. She can be
reached at (86) 139-0137-9546.
E. Zhang Yin, China's richest woman and the head of the Nine
Dragons Paper Company. Zhang has been featured in a bevy of
recent foreign media stories, including in The Wall Street
Journal and The New York Times. She made billions by
building a waste paper reprocessing business in China that
currently has two plants and boasts more than 7,000
employees. She can be reached at tel. (0769) 8823-4888, ext.
3025.
Alternate: Song Xiuyan, Governor of Qinghai Province. Song
is the sole woman governor of a Chinese province. She leads
public policy decision making in a vast province with limited
resources and considerable poverty. She can be reached
through the Qinghai Province Foreign Affairs Office, tel.
(0971) 823-9606.
Alternate: Guo Jianmei, Director of the Beijing University
Women's Legal Aid Center. Under Guo's leadership, the Center
has helped draft legislation, which the National People's
Congress has passed, banning sexual harassment in China. Guo
and her team test this and other laws by taking on individual
cases with a view to codifying women's rights in law and
increasing awareness of discrimination issues. She can be
reached at tel. (8610) 8483-3276.
Alternate: Xie Lihua, Secretary-General, Cultural
Development Center for Rural Women. Official statistics show
that as up to 450 million women in China are rural residents,
many of whom live in the country's poorest areas. Through
her organization, Xie builds partnerships between the private
and public sectors aimed at improving the lives of women
beyond China's boomtowns. She can be reached at tel. (8610)
6619-4191, or e-mail Lihua xie@263.net.
Alternate: Hu Shuli, editor in chief of the influential
biweekly Caijing Magazine, which aspires to be China's
version of The Economist. Hu encourages her reporters to
constantly push the editorial envelope. As a result, Caijing
regularly runs groundbreaking exposes that reveal corruption
and other misconduct in Chinese officialdom and among the
business elite. She can be reached at (8610) 6588-5047.
3. Political officer Chris Klein handles the women's issues
portfolio at Embassy Beijing. Contact info: (8610)
6532-3831, ext. 6742, or e-mail kleincc@state.gov.
BEIJING 00000753 002 OF 002
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