ABSTRACT

The participation rate of women in the labour force in China is high compared to many countries in the North and South, standing at 80.3 per cent in 1995 compared to 70.8 per cent in the USA as of 2000, 59.6 per cent in Japan as of 2000 and 56.9 per cent in Brazil as of 1998 [ILO, 2002].1