Liberated the Female Productive Forces and Helped Improve the Status of Women
2 min readFamily planning in China has extricated women from frequent births after marriage and the heavy family burden，further liberated and expanded the social productive forces latent in women，and provided them with more opportunities to learn science and general knowledge and take part in economic and social development activities，hence greatly promoted the improvement of the Chinese women’s status in economic and social affairs as well as in their families.
The employment rate of women has steadily increased and sphere of employment has continuously expanded.By the end of 1992，the number of female staff and workers had reached 56 millon in China，accounting for 38 percent of the national total of staff and workers and representing a 24.1percent increase over the 45 million in 1985.In the 1979-88 period，the growth rate of employment for urban women had always been higher than that for men，with the average annual increase standing at 4.9 percent，1.27 percentage point higher than the average annual increase of all staff and workers countrywide.The overwhelming majority of Chinese women are located in the countryside，and they are the major force of the agricultural production and diversified economy in the country.They are that part of the population to benefit most from the policy of family planning.In 1989，a move of“double learnings”（of general knowledge and techniques）and“double competitions”（in achievements and contributions）was launched in China’s rural areas，appealing to 120 million rural women.
More than 90 million received training in practical techniques，over 15，000 were cited as model women workers at and above the provincial level，more than 510，000 were given the title of farmer technician，and 1.067 million scientific and technological demonstration households，with women as the major body，came to the fore.In China’s rural areas，some 40 million women are employed in township enterprises，accounting for 47 percent of the total work force in these enterprises.
Family planning has also provided women with more opportunities to receive education and is conducive to raising their educational qualities.
