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A senior Treasury official said the lunch with the Chinese economists would give Yellen, who was also the first woman to head the U.S. Federal Reserve, a chance to "interact with a number of people kind of outside the normal policy structure." Yellen told the women - one of whom described herself as a feminist economist - she was curious to learn more about their backgrounds and research. A June report by the United Nations urged China to adopt statutory quotas and a gender parity system to boost women's representation in government. Yellen, by contrast, is one of 13 women in President Joe Biden's 25-member Cabinet, the most gender-diverse in U.S. history. China also lags in terms of women's representation in the top echelons of industry, a recent study showed.

Persons: Janet Yellen, China's, Yellen, Li Qiang, I'm, Xi, Communist Party's, Shen Yiqin, Joe Biden's, Spencer Stuart, Andrea Shalal, Tian, Trevor Hunnicutt, Heather Timmons, Leslie Adler, William Mallard Organizations: . Treasury, U.S . Treasury, Treasury, U.S . Federal Reserve, Communist, United Nations, Women, People's Congress, Communist Party, U.S . Senate, Rutgers University's Center for Women, Bain & Co, Thomson Locations: BEIJING, Beijing, China, United States, Politics

BEIJING, July 7 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will meet with female economists in Beijing on Saturday, an effort to spotlight gender diversity following meetings with China's largely male government leaders. A June report by the United Nations urged China to adopt statutory quotas and a gender parity system to boost women's representation in government. Yellen, by contrast, is one of 13 women in President Joe Biden's 25-member Cabinet, the most gender-diverse in U.S. history. One-quarter of the U.S. Senate and 28.7% of the U.S. House of Representatives seats are currently held by women, according to Rutgers University's Center for Women in Politics. China also lags in terms of women's representation in the top echelons of industry, a recent study showed.

Persons: Janet Yellen, China's, Yellen, Xi, Shen Yiqin, Joe Biden's, Spencer Stuart, Andrea Shalal, Tian, Trevor Hunnicutt, Heather Timmons, Leslie Adler Organizations: . Treasury, U.S . Treasury, Treasury, U.S . Federal Reserve, United Nations, UN, Women, National People's Congress, Communist, U.S . Senate, U.S . House, Rutgers University's Center for Women, Bain & Company, Thomson Locations: BEIJING, Beijing, China, Politics

[1/6] U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen arrives at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, China, Thursday, July 6, 2023. Both sides are sceptical that Yellen's visit will be able to take much heat out of U.S.-China ties, however, with officials accepting that both countries have placed safeguarding national security above economic ties. Yellen will address "unfair" practices by China, including recent punitive actions against U.S. firms and market access barriers, the official added. On Friday she will meet China's Premier Li Qiang and former economy tsar Liu He, who is widely seen as a close confidant of President Xi Jinping. They come ahead of a possible meeting between President Joe Biden and Xi at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation gathering scheduled for November in San Francisco.

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