Women urged to raise global profile

He Qiaonyu, the head of Beijing Orient Landscape Co Ltd, the largest landscape architecture company in China and the first to list on the stock market, has called on women to play a more active role in global philanthropy.

Speaking at the third East-West Philanthropy Summit in Honolulu, Hawaii, she said women's "natural tolerance and kindness" can play a more important role in philanthropy.

"We call on all women entrepreneurs, and also those in other areas of life such as entertainment and politics, to take more action now."