The Development of Other Educational Forms for Chinese Women
1 min readThe state has made energetic endeavors to develop vocational education，adult education and technical education，the level of lifelong education of women has been raised and the gap between the genders narrowed.
According to the fifth national census，conducted in 2000，the average number of years of education of Chinese women was seven-one and a half years more than in 1990-and the gap between the genders had been narrowed by half a year in that decade.In 2004 alone，the number of women studying at correspondence and night schools and other higher learning institutions for adults stood at 2.09 millon，50 percent of the total number of students of such educational institutions.
In recent years the state has intensified efforts to train women in voca-tional skills.By adopting various training methods，the state aims to help women in urban areas enhance their competitive abilities，to help women in rural areas get better harvests and become well-off，and to help migrant workers（including women）become better qualified for the labor market.
