(XINHUA)

Sun Danping (right), a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), attends an International Women's Day reception hosted by All-China Women's Federation at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 6.

Around 1,200 people were present at the event, including ministers, academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, CPPCC National Committee members, deputies to the National People's Congress from Hong Kong and Macao, foreign ambassadors to China, and foreign experts working in the country.