Liu urges release of 'she power' potential

For the dozens of participants at the seventh US-China Women's Leadership Exchange and Dialogue in Washington, the final speaker clearly demonstrated how women can lead at the highest levels.

Vice-Premier Liu Yandong, the highest-ranking woman in the Chinese government, used the meeting's closing ceremony on Tuesday to talk about how women's development has been "an important sign of the progress of human civilization".

"I believe that if we can release the full potential of 'she power' in China and the US, it will provide new impetus to the people-to-people exchange and to the building of the new type of major country relations between our two countries," Liu said.