Chinese women play more important role in politics: federation
24/9/2008 17:37
Chinese women have played an important role in politics as the number and
proportion of female cadres are at "historic" levels, an official of the
All-China Women's Federation said today.
Huang Qingyi, vice president of the
federation, told a press conference before the Tenth National Women's Congress,
which will be held from Oct. 28to 31, that there are eight female senior
officials of the central authorities.
They are Liu Yandong, a member of the
Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and
state councilor; Uyunqimg, Chen Zhili and Yan Junqi, vice chairwomen of the
Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top
legislature; and Zhang Meiying, Zhang Rongming, Lin Wenyi and Wang Zhizhen, vice
chairwomen of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political
Consultative Conference (CPPCC).
Five years ago, before the Ninth National
Women's Congress, the number was seven.
Huang said there are more than 230
female ministerial or provincial officials.
Female deputies comprise 21.33
percent of the current 11th NPC, an increase of 1.09 percentage points from the
previous congress, and women account for 17.7 percent in the National Committee
of the 11th CPPCC, up 1 percentage points, according to Huang.
Female
officials account for more than 40 percent of all officials, Huang said.
The
numbers and proportions are at historically high levels, she
added.
Xinhua
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