(Adopted at the Fifth Session of the Seventh National People's
Congress on April 3, 1992, and amended in accordance with the
Decision on Amending the Law of the People's Republic of China on
the Protection of Rights and Interests of Women adopted at the 17th
Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Tenth National People's
Congress on August 28, 2005)
Contents
Chapter I General Provisions
Chapter II Political Rights
Chapter III Rights and Interests Relating to Culture and
Education
Chapter IV Rights and Interests Relating to Work and
Social Security
Chapter V Rights and Interests Relating to
Property
Chapter VI Rights Relating to the Person
Chapter VII Rights and Interests Relating to Marriage
and Family
Chapter VIII Legal Responsibility
Chapter IX Supplementary Provisions
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 In accordance with the Constitution and the actual
conditions of the country, this Law is formulated to protect
women's lawful rights and interests, promote the equality between
men and women and allow full play to women's role in socialist
modernization.
Article 2 Women shall enjoy equal rights with men in all aspects
of political, economic, cultural, social and family life.
Equality between men and women is a basic State policy. The
State takes the necessary measures to gradually improve the systems
for protecting the rights and interests of women, in order to
eliminate all forms of discrimination against women.
The State protects the special rights and interests enjoyed by
women according to law.
Discriminating against, maltreating, abandoning, and physically
abusing women are prohibited.
Article 3 The State Council shall formulate an outline for the
development of Chinese women and include such outline in the
national economic and social development plan.
Local people's governments at or above the county level shall,
in accordance with the outline for the development of Chinese
women, formulate programs for the development of women in their
respective administrative regions and include the programs in their
national economic and social development plans.
Article 4 The protection of women's lawful rights and interests
is a common responsibility of the whole society. State organs,
public organizations, enterprises and institutions as well as urban
and rural mass organizations of self-government at the grass-roots
level shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Law and
other relevant laws, protect women's rights and interests.
The State takes effective measures to provide necessary
conditions for women to exercise their rights according to law.
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