Improving the Employment Structure of Women

Over the past few years，the tertiary industry has become the main channel for providing jobs to women，and an increasing number of women are entering the computer，communications，finance and insurance and other high-and new-tech industries，thus becoming an important force in these fields.At present，women owners of small and mediumsized enterprises account for about 20 percent of the national total number of entrepreneurs，and 60 percent of them have emerged in the past decade.State organs，enterprises and public institutions have long pursued the principle of equality between men and women in terms of recruitment，training of professionals and technicians，as well as promotion in ranks and granting of professional titles to encourage women to display their abilities and come to the fore.

By the end of 2004，women accounted for 43.6 percent of the total number of professionals and technicians in state-owned enterprises and institutions nationwide，up 6.3 percentage points over the 37.3 percent of 1995，among whom，the number of senior and intermediate-level women professionals and technicians rose from 20.1 percent and 33.4 percent to 30.5 percent and 42.0 percent，respectively.

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