中国妇女儿童状况：事实与数据
中华全国妇女联合会
二00三年八月

目录
一、妇女与人口
二、妇女与经济
三、妇女与政治
四、妇女与科技
五、妇女与教育
六、妇女与健康
七、婚姻与家庭
八、妇联组织

一、 妇女与人口
1、 人口及人口构成（单位：万）
年 总人口 百分比 市镇人口 百分比 乡村人口 百分比
男 女
1998 124810 50.98 49.02 37942 30.4 86868 69.6
1999 125909 50.98 49.02 38892 30.89 87017 69.11
2000 126583 51.63 48.37 45844 36.22 80739 63.78
2001 127627 51.46 48.54 48064 37.66 79563 62.34
2002 128453 51.5 48.5 50212 39.1 78241 60.9

2、人口预期寿命（单位：岁）
平均预期寿命 男性 女性
1990 69 68 71
1996 70.8 68.71 73.04
1998 71.2 69.4 73.1
2001 71.7 69.8 73.6

3、0—14岁人口占总人口的22.9%;15—64岁人口占69.99%;65岁以上人口占7.09%.

4、1995年，我国尚未解决温饱的绝对贫困人口有7000万，到2001年，这个数字减少到3000万以下，其中60%为特殊贫困人口，属需要家庭供养和社会救济以及生活环境恶劣需要搬迁的移民。

二、 妇女与经济
1、城镇女职工
女职工 比例
1998 4678万名 37.9%
1999 4613万名 39.2%
2000 4411万名 38%
2001 4226万名 39%
2002 4156万名 37.9%

2、2001年，我国从业人员总数为7.3025亿人。企业中女性占37.4%,事业单位中女性占44.1%,国家机关、党政机关、社会团体中女性占24.8%,社会服务业中女性占42.7%,卫生体育和社会福利业中女性占57.5%.全国城镇登记失业人员681万人，女性占49%，城镇登记失业率为3.6%.

3、1998年至2002年，全国各级妇联以农村贫苦妇女为主要对象的小额贷款资金投放量为9.5亿，帮助200多万名农村妇女摆脱了贫困。
1995年至2002年，全国各级妇联组织通过多种渠道共争取小额信贷资金近2.04亿元，用于帮助城市下岗女工再就业。目前，全国已有23个省区市开展了城市妇女小额信贷试点工作。

三、 妇女与政治
1、历届全国人大女代表、女常委
届 年 女代表 百分比 女常委 百分比
一 1954 147 12 4 5
二 1959 150 12.3 5 6.3
三 1964 542 17.8 20 17.4
四 1975 653 22.6 42 25.1
五 1978 742 21.2 33 21
六 1983 632 21.2 14 9
七 1988 634 21.3 16 11.9
八 1993 626 21.03 19 12.3
九 1998 650 21.81 17 12.69
十 2003 604 20.2 21 13.2

2、历届全国政协女委员、女常委
届 年 女委员 百分比 女常委 百分比
一 1949 12 6.6 4 6.9
二 1954 83 14.3 5 6.5
三 1959 87 8.1 8 5
四 1969 76 6.3 9 5.6
五 1978 289 14.5 24 7.6
六 1983 258 12.5 33 11
七 1988 288 13.8 28 10
八 1993 283 13.52 29 9.2
九 1998 341 15.54 29 8.97
十 2003 373 16.7 35 11.71

3、九届、十届全国人大专门委员会中的女性
专门委员会 委员 女委员 百分比
九届 十届 九届 十届 九届 十届
民族委员会 23 26 2 4 8.7 15.4
法律委员会 19 24 0 3 0 12.5
内务司法委员会 20 26 3 4 15 15.4
教科文卫委员会 34 35 6 5 17.7 14.3
外事委员会 15 18 3 2 20 11.1
华侨委员会 26 20 4 4 15.4 20
环境与资源保护委员会 21 28 6 5 28.6 17.9
农业与农村委员会 26 24 1 3 3.9 12.5
总计 184 201 25 30 13.6 14.9

4、九届、十届全国政协专门委员会中的女性
专门委员会 委员 女委员 百分比
九届 十届 九届 十届 九届 十届
提案委员会 34 45 5 4 14.7 8.9
经济委员会 61 62 6 7 9.8 11.3
人口资源环境委员会 42 64 3 10 7.1 15.6
教科文卫体委员会 63 92 6 14 9.5 15.2
社会和法制委员会 46 64 11 7 23.9 10.9
民族和宗教委员会 53 70 5 14 9.4 20
文史资料委员会 34 32 5 5 14.7 15.6
港澳台侨委员会 51 50 8 12 15.7 24
外事委员会 39 41 8 8 20.5 19.5
总计 423 520 57 81 13.5 15.6

5、中共十五大、十六大中的女性
十五大 十六大
女性 总数 百分比 女性 总数 百分比
代表 344 2048 16.8 382 2114 18.1
中央政治局委员 0 22 0 1 24 4.2
中央委员 8 193 4.1 5 198 2.5
候补中央委员 17 151 11.2 22 158 13.9
中纪委委员 14 115 12.1 14 121 11.6

6、各民主党派中的女性
党派 主席 副主席 成员 百分比
中国国民党革命委员会 何鲁丽 程志青
钮小明 21482 31.6
中国民主同盟 张梅颖 56274 35.7
中国民主建国会 张榕明 25218 28.3
中国民主促进会 潘贵玉
严隽琪
贺旻 37422 44.2
中国农工民主党 左焕琛 39106 46.7
九三学社 谢丽娟 29385 33.4
中国致公党 9759 44.7
台湾民主自治同盟 林文漪 880 64.3

7、中国有3位女性全国人大常委会副委员长（何鲁丽、顾秀莲、乌云其木格）；1位女性副总理（吴仪）；2位女性全国政协副主席（刘延东、郝建秀）；1位女性国务委员（陈至立）。
中央和国家机关部委级领导班子中有女干部48人；全国31个省、自治区、直辖市的党政领导班子中有女干部56人；全国396个市（地、州、盟）党政领导班子中有女干部647人，2813个县（市、区、旗）党政领导班子中有女干部4353人。

四、 妇女与科技
1、女专业技术人员

年份 百分比
1997 38.7
1998 39.3
1999 39.9
2000 40.6
2001 41

2、中国科学院、中国工程院共有院士1263人，其中女院士78人，占总数的6.2%.
3、2001年在高校担任副教授以上的女教师为69907人，占高校副教授以上教师总数的29.64%.

五、 妇女与教育
1、各级学校女学生数（单位：万）
年 高等学校 中专 普通中学 职业中学 小学 总计
1998 130.6 272.7 2877.7 259.7 6645.6 10186.3
1999 162.1 287.5 3109.2 254.7 6454.9 10268.4
2000 227.9 277.3 3402.4 237.4 6194.6 10339.6
2001 302.3 262.9 3643.3 221.7 5936.8 10367
2002 397 258.4 3870.2 243.3 5738.1 10507

2、各级学校女学生所占比例（单位：%）
年 高等学校 中专 普通中学 职业中学 小学 总计
1998 38.3 54.7 45.7 47.9 47.6 47.1
1999 39.2 55.8 45.9 47.7 47.6 47.1
2000 41 56.6 46.2 47.2 47.6 47.1
2001 42.04 57.4 46.5 47.5 47.3 47.1
2002 43.95 56.6 46.7 47.6 47.2 46.9

3、各级学校女教师数（单位：万）
年 高等学校 中专 普通中学 职业中学 小学 总计
1998 14.8 12.3 145.4 13.8 284.6 470.9
1999 15.9 12.2 155 14.2 291 488.3
2000 17.7 11.5 165.7 13.7 296.7 505.3
2001 21.1 10.6 178.5 13.4 302.4 526
2002 25.1 9.8 189.6 13.8 305.8 544.1

4、各级学校女教师所占比例（单位：%）
年 高等学校 中专 普通中学 职业中学 小学 总计
1998 36.3 44 39.3 41.1 48.9 44.7
1999 37.6 46.6 40.4 42.3 49.7 45.5
2000 38.2 44.9 41.4 42.9 50.6 46.3
2001 39.6 46.1 42.6 43.9 52.2 47.6
2002 40.7 47.1 43.3 44.2 52.9 50.5

5、小学学龄儿童入学率、辍学率（单位：%）

年 小学学龄儿童入学率 小学学生辍学率
总计 女童 男女童之差 总计 女生 男生
1998 98.9 98.86 0.14 0.93 0.92 0.95
1999 99.1 99 0.1 0.9 0.86 0.93
2000 99.1 99.07 0.07 0.55 0.61 0.5
2001 99.1 99.01 0.07 0.27 0.31 0.23

6、2001年，小学毕业生升学率为95.5%,初中毕业生升学率为52.9%.

7、2001年全国有幼儿园111706所，在园幼儿2021.84万人，教职工86.17万人。特殊教育（盲、聋哑、弱智儿童）学校1531所，在校残疾儿童38.64万人。

8、据2000年第五次全国人口普查统计，全国文盲人口有8699.21万，文盲率为9.08%。成年女性文盲人口有6181万，其中女性青壮年文盲有1503万，女性青壮年文盲率为4.21%。

9、2000年妇女人均受教育年限为7.07年，成年男女受教育年限的差距由1995年的1.4年减少到2000年的1.07年。

六、 妇女与健康
1、妇幼卫生机构（单位：所）
年 妇幼保健院 妇产医院 儿童医院
1998 514 47 37
1999 595 45 38
2001 584 43 37
◆ 全国有各类妇幼卫生保健院（所、站）3067个。

2、新法接生率、住院分娩率（单位：%）
年 新法接生率 住院分娩率
总计 市 县 总计 市 县
1998 94.2 66.8 79.8 58.3
1999 96.8 98.9 95.4 70 83.3 61.5
2000 96.6 98.9 95.2 72.9 84.9 65.2
2001 97.3 99 96.1 76 87 69
2002 97.2 98.8 96 78.8 89.4 71.6

3、婴儿及5岁以下儿童死亡率（单位：%）
年 婴儿死亡率 5岁以下儿童死亡率
1991 50.19 61.03
1995 36.4 44.5
1998 33.2 42
2000 32.2 39.7
2001 30 35.9

4、孕产妇死亡率（单位：1/10万）
年 全国 城市 农村
1990 88.9 45.9 112.5
1995 61.9 39.2 76
1997 63.6 38.3 80.4
1998 56.2 28.6 74.1
2000 53 29.3 69.6
2001 50.2 33.1 61.9

5、得到经过训练的人员保健服务的孕产妇比例（单位：%）
年 孕期 分娩期
1998 87.13 83.91
1999 89.25 85.86
2000 89.36 86.15
2001 90.31 87.15

6、到2001年，全国共有妇产科和儿科医生16万人，助产士4.2万人，农村接生员22.7万人。

7、到2000年，全国有17000多个综合医院设立了计划生育科，306个地（市）建立了计划生育服务中心，全国设立了41086个计划生育服务站（所），从事计划生育服务的综合医院、妇幼保健院、妇产医院、城市及乡镇卫生院共6万多个，专兼职卫生节育人员50多万人。各地普遍建立了育龄妇女信息系统，全国孕产妇保健覆盖率超过86%。

七、 婚姻与家庭
1、婚姻登记和离婚情况
年 登记婚姻 离婚 离婚率（‰）
1998 8916913 1191162 1.91
1999 8799079 1201541 1.9
2000 8485000 1212000 1.92
2001 8050000 1250000 1.96
2002 7860000 1177000 1.8
◆离婚率为当年离婚人数与年终人口总数之比。

2、截止到2001年底，全国有35123.4万户家庭，平均每户3.46人。
八、 妇联组织
1、全国各级妇联组织有专职干部52529人。

2、地（市）级妇联组织435个；县（区）级妇联组织2336个；乡（街）妇联组织48066个；城市基层妇代会73885个；农村基层妇代会611734个；各级机关妇工委48516个；事业单位妇委会（含高校妇女组织）24599个；女职工委员会233514个；非公有制经济组织中的妇女组织32157个；民政部登记注册的妇女社团1212个；民主党派妇委会1392个。

3、全国妇联有团体会员16个。

4、全国妇联系统共有报刊社46家，公开发行的报刊有68种。其中报纸9种，期刊59种。文字以汉字为主，另有英文、蒙文、维文。

5、全国妇联与世界上151个国家和地区的697个妇女儿童组织发展了友好关系。
注：
本书数据的时间，除特别注明的以外均截止到2002年底。
本书数据的出处如下：
中共中央组织部
国家统计局
《第二期中国妇女社会地位抽样调查主要数据报告》
《中国妇女发展纲要（1995--2000）终期监测评估报告》
全国妇联组织部
全国妇联信息中心

Chinese Women and Children: Facts and Data
All—China Women’s Federation
August, 2003

Contents
一、 Women and Population
二、 Women and Economy
三、 Women and Politics
四、 Women and Science
五、 Women and Education
六、 Women and Health Care
七、 Marriage and Family
八、 Women’s Federations

一、 Women and Population
1、Population and Population Structure(Unit:10,000)
Year Total
population Percentage Urban
population Percentage Rural
population Percentage
Men Women
1998 124810 50.98 49.02 37942 30.4 86868 69.6
1999 125909 50.98 49.02 38892 30.89 87017 69.11
2000 126583 51.63 48.37 45844 36.22 80739 63.78
2001 127627 51.46 48.54 48064 37.66 79563 62.34
2002 128453 51.5 48.5 50212 39.1 78241 60.9

2、Life Expectancy of the Population(Unit: Year)
Average life
expectancy Men Women
1990 69 68 71
1996 70.8 68.71 73.04
1998 71.2 69.4 73.1
2001 71.7 69.8 73.6

3、Members of the population aged 14 and under accounted for 22.9 percent; the population aged 15—64,69.99 percent; and the population aged 65 and over,7.09 percent.

4、In 1995,there were 70 million poverty—stricken people who did not have enough food. By 2001,however,that number had fallen to less than 30 million, and 60 percent of those people were especially poor. They included people who needed family support and social relief.

二、 Women and Economy
1、Women Workers in Cities and Towns
Year Women workers Percentage
1998 46.78 million 37.9 percent
1999 46.13 million 39.2 percent
2000 44.11 million 38 percent
2001 42.26 million 39 percent
2002 41.56 million 37.9 percent

2、In 2001,there were 730.25 million employees in the country. Women accounted for 37.4 percent in enterprises,44.1 percent in institutions ,24.8 percent in state organs, Party and government departments and NGOs,42.7 percent in service trades ,and 57.5 percent in the sectors of public health, physical culture and social welfare service. Among the 6.81 million registered unemployed people in cities and towns, women totaled 49 percent, and the rate was 3.6 percent.

3、From 1998 to 2002,women’s federations at all levels issued a combined 950 million yuan in micro credit to poverty—stricken rural women. As s result, more than 2 million rural women shook off poverty.
From 1995 to 2002, women’s federations at all levels established a 204—million—yuan micro credit fund to help urban women become reemployed. At present, the initiative has been launched in 23 provinces , autonomous regions and municipalities.

三、 Women and Politics
1、Women Deputies to and Women SC Members of Each NPC
Session Year Women deputies Percentage Women sc members Percentage
1st 1954 147 12 4 5
2nd 1959 150 12.3 5 6.3
3rd 1964 542 17.8 20 17.4
4th 1975 653 22.6 42 25.1
5th 1978 742 21.2 33 21
6th 1983 632 21.2 14 9
7th 1988 634 21.3 16 11.9
8th 1993 626 21.03 19 12.3
9th 1998 650 21.81 17 12.69
10th 2003 604 20.2 21 13.2
◆“SC” means “Standing Committee.”

2、Women Members and Women SC Members of Each CPPCC
Session Year Women members Percentage Women sc members Percentage
1st 1949 12 6.6 4 6.9
2nd 1954 83 14.3 5 6.5
3rd 1959 87 8.1 8 5
4th 1969 76 6.3 9 5.6
5th 1978 289 14.5 24 7.6
6th 1983 258 12.5 33 11
7th 1988 288 13.8 28 10
8th 1993 283 13.52 29 9.2
9th 1998 341 15.54 29 8.97
10th 2003 373 16.7 35 11.71

3、Women in the 9th and 10th NPC Special Committees
Special committee Members Women members Percentage
9th 10th 9th 10th 9th 10th
Nationalities Affairs Committee 23 26 2 4 8.7 15.4
The Law Committee 19 24 0 3 0 12.5
The Internal and Judicial Affairs Committee 20 26 3 4 15 15.4
Education, Science, Culture and Public Health Committee 34 35 6 5 17.7 14.3
Foreign Affairs Committee 15 18 3 2 20 11.1
The Overseas Chinese Affairs Committee 26 20 4 4 15.4 20
The Environmental Protection and Resources Conservation Committee 21 28 6 5 28.6 17.9
The Agricultural and Rural Affairs Committee 26 24 1 3 3.9 12.5
Total 184 201 25 30 13.6 14.9

4、Women in the 9th and 10th CPPCC Special Committees
Special committees Members Women members Percentage
9th 10th 9th 10th 9th 10th
Committee for Handling Proposals 34 45 5 4 14.7 8.9
Committee for Economic Affairs 61 62 6 7 9.8 11.3
Committee of Population, Resources and the Environment 42 64 3 10 7.1 15.6
Committee of Education ,Science, Culture, Health and Sports 63 92 6 14 9.5 15.2
Committee for Social and Legal Affairs 46 64 11 7 23.9 10.9
Committee for Ethnic and Religious Affairs 53 70 5 14 9.4 20
Committee of Cultural and Historical Data 34 32 5 5 14.7 15.6
Committee for Liaison with Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Overseas Chinese 51 50 8 12 15.7 24
Committee of Foreign Affairs 39 41 8 8 20.5 19.5
Total 423 520 57 81 13.5 15.6

5、Women in the 15th and 16th CPC National Congresses
15th 16th
Women Total Percentage Women Total Percentage
Delegates 344 2048 16.8 percent 382 2114 18.1 percent
Members of the Political Bureau 0 22 0 1 24 4.2 percent
Members of the Central Committee 8 193 4.1 percent 5 198 2.5 percent
Alternate Members of the Central Committee 17 151 11.2 percent 22 158 13.9 percent
Members of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection 14 115 12.1 percent 14 121 11.6 percent

6、Women in Democratic Parties
Parties Chairpersons Vice--chairpersons Members Percentage
Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang He Luli Cheng Zhiqing
Niu Xiaoming 21482 31.6
China Democratic League Zhang Meiying 56274 35.7
China Democratic National Construction Association Zhang Rongming 25218 28.3
China Association for Promoting Democracy Pan Guiyu
Yan Junqi
He Min 37422 44.2
Chinese Peasants’ and Workers’ Democratic Party Zuo Huanchen 39106 46.7
Jiu San Society Xie Lijuan 29385 33.4
China Zhi Gong Dang 9759 44.7
Taiwan Democratic Self—Government League Lin Wenyi 880 64.3

7、China has 3 women vice—chairpersons of the NPC Standing Committee(He Luli, Gu Xiulian and Wuyun Qimuge); 1 woman vice—premier(Wu Yi);2 women vice—chairpersons of the CPPCC National Committee (Liu Yangdong and Hao Jianxiu);1 woman state councilor(Chen Zhili).
There were 48 women in the ministry- or commission—level leading groups of departments under the Party’s Central Committee and the State Council; 56 women in the leading groups of 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government; 647 women in the leading groups of 396 municipalities, prefectures and leagues; and 4,353 women in the leading groups of 2,813 counties, county—level municipalities, districts and banners.

四、 Women and Science
1、Women as Professional and Technical Personnel
Year Percentage
1997 38.7
1998 39.3
1999 39.9
2000 40.6
2001 41

2、There were 1,263 academics in the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and 78, or 6.2 percent, of them were women.

3、In 2001,there were 69,907 women teachers at the associate—professor level or above in China’s colleges and universities, accounting for 29.64 percent of the total.

五、 Women and Education
1、Number of Girl Students in School(Unit:10,000)
Year Colleges and universities Polytechnic schools Ordinary middle schools Vocational middle schools Primary schools Total
1998 130.6 272.7 2877.7 259.7 6645.6 10186.3
1999 162.1 287.5 3109.2 254.7 6454.9 10268.4
2000 227.9 277.3 3402.4 237.4 6194.6 10339.6
2001 302.3 262.9 3643.3 221.7 5936.8 10367
2002 397 258.4 3870.2 243.3 5738.1 10507

2、Proportion of Girl Students in School(Unit:Percentage)
Year Colleges and universities Polytechnic schools Ordinary middle schools Vocational middle schools Primary schools Total
1998 38.3 54.7 45.7 47.9 47.6 47.1
1999 39.2 55.8 45.9 47.7 47.6 47.1
2000 41 56.6 46.2 47.2 47.6 47.1
2001 42.04 57.4 46.5 47.5 47.3 47.1
2002 43.95 56.6 46.7 47.6 47.2 46.9

3、Number of Women Teachers(Unit:10,000)
Year Colleges and universities Polytechnic schools Ordinary middle schools Vocational middle schools Primary schools Total
1998 14.8 12.3 145.4 13.8 284.6 470.9
1999 15.9 12.2 155 14.2 291 488.3
2000 17.7 11.5 165.7 13.7 296.7 505.3
2001 21.1 10.6 178.5 13.4 302.4 526
2002 25.1 9.8 189.6 13.8 305.8 544.1

4、Proportion of Women Teachers(Unit:Percentage)
Year Colleges and universities Polytechnic schools Ordinary middle schools Vocational middle schools Primary schools Total
1998 36.3 44 39.3 41.1 48.9 44.7
1999 37.6 46.6 40.4 42.3 49.7 45.5
2000 38.2 44.9 41.4 42.9 50.6 46.3
2001 39.6 46.1 42.6 43.9 52.2 47.6
2002 40.7 47.1 43.3 44.2 52.9 50.5

5、Proportion of Schoolchildren and Dropouts(Unit:Percentage)

Year Proportion of schoolchildren Proportion of dropouts
Total School—age girls Gap between school—age boys and girls Total Schoolgirls Schoolboys
1998 98.9 98.86 0.14 0.93 0.92 0.95
1999 99.1 99 0.1 0.9 0.86 0.93
2000 99.1 99.07 0.07 0.55 0.61 0.5
2001 99.1 99.01 0.07 0.27 0.31 0.23

6、In 2001,the proportion of schoolchildren entering junior middle schools was 95.5 percent, and the proportion of students of junior middle schools entering senior middle schools was 52.9 percent.

7、In 2001,there were 111,706 kindergartens in China with 861,700 staff members and 20.22 million children. There were 1,531 special—education schools with 386,400 blind, deaf—mute and mentally challenged students.

8、According to the fifth national census, conducted in 2000, China had 86.99 million illiterate people ,or a 9.08—percent illiteracy rate. Among the 61.81 million illiterate adult women, there were 15.03 million illiterate young and middle—aged women, or a 4.21-percent illiteracy rate.

9、In 2000,women received on average 7.07 years of education .The education gap between men and women had been reduced from 1.4 years in 1995 to 1.07 years in 2000.

六、 Women and Health Care
1、Health Setups for Women and Children
Year Hospitals for mother and child care Hospitals for gynecology and obstetrics Children’s hospitals
1998 514 47 37
1999 595 45 38
2001 584 43 37
◆ China had 3,067 hospitals ,clinics and stations especially suited to care for women and children.

2、Proportion of New Midwifery and Hospitalized Delivery(Unit: Percentage)
Year Proportion of new midwifery Proportion of hospitalized delivery
Total City County Total City County
1998 94.2 66.8 79.8 58.3
1999 96.8 98.9 95.4 70 83.3 61.5
2000 96.6 98.9 95.2 72.9 84.9 65.2
2001 97.3 99 96.1 76 87 69
2002 97.2 98.8 96 78.8 89.4 71.6

3、Mortality Rate of Infants and Children Under 5(Unit: Per Thousand)
Mortality rate of infants Mortality rate of children under 5
1991 50.19 61.03
1995 36.4 44.5
1998 33.2 42
2000 32.2 39.7
2001 30 35.9

4、Mortality Rate of Pregnant and Lying—in Women(Unit: 1/100,000)
Year Nationally Urban areas Rural areas
1990 88.9 45.9 112.5
1995 61.9 39.2 76
1997 63.6 38.3 80.4
1998 56.2 28.6 74.1
2000 53 29.3 69.6
2001 50.2 33.1 61.9

5、Proportion of Pregnant and Lying—in Women Served by Qualified Persons(Unit: Percentage)

Year Gestation Parturition
1998 87.13 83.91
1999 89.25 85.86
2000 89.36 86.15
2001 90.31 87.15

6、There were 160,000 gynecologists, obstetricians and pediatricians,42,000 midwives and 227,000 rural midwives in China by 2001.

7、By 2000,China had 17,000 comprehensive hospitals with birth control sections,306 prefectures and municipalities with birth control services, and 41,086 stations and clinics specially designed for birth control care. Meanwhile ,there were more than 60,000 comprehensive hospitals, hospitals for mother and child care, hospitals for gynecology and obstetrics and small hospitals offering birth control care, and more than 500,000 persons working in birth control care either full-or part—time .Information networks for childbearing—age women were formed in all parts of the country, and the proportion of pregnant and lying—in women care surpassed 86 percent.

七、 Marriage and Family
1、Marriage Registration and Divorce
Year Registered marriages Divorces Divorce rate(per thousand)
1998 8916913 1191162 1.91
1999 8799079 1201541 1.9
2000 8485000 1212000 1.92
2001 8050000 1250000 1.96
2002 7860000 1177000 1.8
◆ A divorce rate means the ratio between divorcees and year—end population the same year.

2、By the end of 2001, China had 351.23 million households with the average number, 3.46,members.

八、Women’s Federations
1、 There were 52,529 full—time staff members working with the All—China Women’s Federation and local federations at all levels.

2、In China, there are 435 prefecture- or municipality—level women’s federations; 2,336 county-or district—level women’s federations; 48,066 township- or neighborhood—level women’s federations; 73,885 basic women’s representatives’ committees in urban areas; 611,734 basic women’s representatives’ committees in rural areas; 48,516 working committees on women’s issues in offices of all levels; 24,599 women’s committees in institutions and women’s organization in colleges and universities ; 233,514 women workers’ committees; 32,157 women’s organizations in non—public—economy groups; 1,212 women’s NGOs registered with the Ministry of Civil Affairs; and 1,392 women’s committees in democratic parties.

3、The All—China Women’s Federation has 16 group members.

4、The All—China Women’s Federation and local women’s federations administer 46 publishing units—which print 9 newspapers and 59 magazines. Most of the publications are in Chinese. The rest are in English, Mongolian or Uygur.

5、The All—China Women’s Federation has established friendly relations with 697 women and children’s organizations in 151 countries and regions.

Note:
With the exception of the special explanations, all data in this book predate the end of 2002.
The information was compiled from the following:
Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee
National Bureau of Statistics
“Report on the Social Status of Women in China (the Second Issue)”
“Final Report of Monitoring and Evaluation on Implementation of the Program for the Development of Chinese Women (1995--2000)”
ACWF Human Resources Department
ACWF Information Center