According to the National Bureau of Statistics, women account for more than 40% of the total employment in China, and they are widely involved in the decision-making and management of enterprises

China News Service, Beijing, December 12 (Reporter Wang Enbo) According to a report released by China's National Bureau of Statistics on December 31, the proportion of women in China's total social employment has stabilized at more than 12%, women's employment rights and interests have been effectively protected, and women have widely participated in enterprise decision-making and management.

According to the 2022 Statistical Monitoring Report on the Development of Chinese Women (2021-2030) released by the National Bureau of Statistics on the same day, in 2022, there will be 3 million female employed persons in the country, accounting for 2.43% of all employed persons. Among the employed persons in urban non-private units, 2.6766 million were women, accounting for 4.40 percent.

Labor protection and health protection for female employees have been strengthened. In 2022, 72.9% of enterprises implemented the Special Provisions on Labor Protection for Female Employees; The occupational health literacy level of female employees was 53.3%, 1.1 percentage points higher than that of men.

The report also points out that women are widely involved in business decision-making. In 2022, 37.1% of employees and directors of enterprises were women; The proportion of women among employee supervisors was 40.8%, an increase of 2021.0 percentage points from 3. The proportion of women in the workers' congress of enterprises is 30.3%.

In terms of women's social security, the coverage of maternity insurance, unemployment and work-related injury insurance for women has been expanding. At the end of 2022, the number of women participating in maternity insurance was 1 million, an increase of 08.2021 million from the end of 325, the number of women participating in unemployment insurance was 3.9949 million, an increase of 2.132 million, and the number of women participating in work-related injury insurance was 7 million, an increase of 1.12 million.

With the further improvement of the popularization of higher education, the right of women in China to receive higher education has been strongly guaranteed. According to the report, in 2022, there were 2903.3 million female students enrolled in higher education, an increase of 2021.122 million from 5, accounting for 50.0% of the enrolled students, with a balanced ratio of men and women. Among them, 187.1 million were female graduate students, accounting for 51.2% of all graduate students. (ENDS)