He Guoqiang, member of the Standing Committee of the political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the 10th National Women's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on October 28, 2008. A total of 1,407 delegates from across the country were present at the once-every-five-year congress. Among the 1,280 elected delegates, 1,020 of them are newly elected. Each of China's 55 ethnic minorities has at least one delegate to the congress.

(Xinhua News Agency October 28, 2008)