Global EditionASIA 中文双语Français
China
Home / China / Health

Chinese women's average life expectancy exceeds 80 years in 2020

Xinhua | Updated: 2021-12-21 17:12
Share
Share - WeChat
Yang Yingfen, head of a non-profit organization for social wellbeing, visits a senior in hospital. [Photo/Chinanews.com.cn]

BEIJING -- The average life expectancy of Chinese women reached 80.88 years in 2020, up from 77.37 years in 2010, according to the National Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday.

Chinese women's social status has been raised significantly over the past decade, and their sense of accomplishment, happiness and security has increased dramatically, said an NBS report on the monitoring results of the Outline for the Development of Chinese Women (2011-2020).

The gender gap in compulsory education has been eliminated, with the net enrollment rate of primary school-aged girls remaining above 99.9 percent for six consecutive years since 2015, the same as that among boys.

With the improvement of policies for employment and starting businesses over the past decade, employment channels for women have been expanded, and the number of women in the workforce has seen a steady increase.

There were 67.79 million female employees in urban work units last year, up 39.5 percent from 2010. Women currently account for 43.5 percent of China's total employment, according to the report.

Although historic progress has been made in promoting gender equality and women's all-round development during the decade, the report noted that the protection of women's rights and interests in some fields still needs to be strengthened.

Top
BACK TO THE TOP
English
Copyright 1995 - 2025. All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US