The income gap between men and women in China is growing partly because of gender inequality, particularly in the job market, according to a survey.
In 2010, urban women’s income was 67.3 percent that of men’s and rural women’s income was 56 percent that of their male counterparts, the survey found. The ratios were 77.5 percent and 79 percent in 1990.
The nationwide study was carried out by the All-China Women’s Federation, the country’s largest women’s organization.
Incomplete statistics also show that women make up about 45 percent of all employees on the Chinese mainland, while only one in four entrepreneurs is female, said Cui Yu, a member of the federation’s secretariat.
Women’s incomes are growing much slower than men’s, although China has achieved remarkable progress in promoting gender equality, Cui told a symposium in Beijing on Tuesday…
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