Finding the right code for success

A nonprofit online learning community is looking to make a big difference in China by setting up an incubator to nurture and nourish the dreams of women aspiring to a career in China's rapidly growing internet information industry.

CXY61, an online education startup, is not only looking to teach women coding skills and provide seed capital to make their entrepreneurial dreams a reality, but also address the vast gender disparity in the sector. According to Proginn, a research platform, the ratio of male to female developers in China was about 12:1 last year.

Chen Bin, the Chinese entrepreneur behind CXY61, often called Uncle Bin by his students, said the primary objective behind the new online learning community is to empower women. "There are very few women in the internet information industry. They account for just 10 percent, or at most 30 percent of the staff in a top tech company. The ratio is even smaller in the middle and top management sections," said Chen.