Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (R) receives a medal issued by the Third World Organizaion for Women in Science (TWOWS) in Beijing June 27, 2010. The four-day Fourth TWOWS General Assembly and International Conference opened in Beijing June 27. (Xinhua/Pang Xinglei)

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (C) poses for a group photo with the women awardees of the Third World Organizaion for Women in Science (TWOWS) in Beijing June 27, 2010. (Xinhua/Pang Xinglei)

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping speaks at the opening ceremony of the four-day Fourth General Assembly and International Conference of the Third World Organizaion for Women in Science (TWOWS) in Beijing June 27, 2010. (Xinhua/Pang Xinglei)