Despite job rules, disabled face stigma

The likelihood of landing a top job remains low for people with disabilities in Beijing, an NGO has warned, despite news that as many as 87,000 are employed in the city.

That number might seem high, but the capital's disabled population now stands at 990,000. That puts the percentage of employed at only 11 percent.

Social enterprises - meaning private and State-owned companies - are the biggest employers of disabled people at 39,000. The second largest group is welfare enterprises set up by the government specifically to provide income opportunities for disadvantaged groups. They employ as many as 13,000.