Dominican president arrives in Beijing for global women's summit

President of the Commonwealth of Dominica Sylvanie Burton arrived in Beijing on Saturday afternoon to attend the upcoming Global Leaders' Meeting on Women, scheduled to take place in the Chinese capital from Oct. 13 to 14.

The summit will be convened on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the 1995 World Conference on Women, also held in Beijing.

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As the first female president of the Caribbean nation, Burton emphasized that the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, adopted at the 1995 World Conference on Women, has been a powerful catalyst for global progress on gender equality and women's empowerment.

She noted that since then, the government of Dominica has mandated that every budget allocation clearly demonstrate how it contributes to empowering women or advancing gender equality.

China's outstanding aggregate social financing -- the total amount of financing to the real economy -- reached 442.12 trillion yuan (about 63.4 trillion U.S. dollars) as of the end of 2025, up 8.3 percent year on year, central bank data showed on Thursday.

The country's aggregate social financing stood at 35.6 trillion yuan (about 5.1 trillion U.S. dollars) in 2025, up by 3.34 trillion yuan (about 479 billion U.S. dollars) from the year 2024, said the People's Bank of China (PBOC), the country's central bank.

According to the data, the M2, a broad measure of money supply that covers cash in circulation and all deposits, increased 8.5 percent year on year to 340.29 trillion yuan (about 48.8 trillion U.S. dollars) as of the end of December.

In addition, outstanding yuan loans stood at 271.91 trillion yuan (about 39 trillion U.S. dollars) at the end of 2025, up 6.4 percent year on year.