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CHINA - CALL FOR GENDER STATISTICS TO IMPACT POLICY, DEVELOPMENT

 

Editor: Liu Yunting - March 14, 2013

Member of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and Member of the Secretariat of the All-China Women's Federation (ACWF) Zhang Jing has raised a proposal calling for the further development of gender statistics in China through collaborations between the National Bureau of Statistics and other ministries.

Gender statistics is an area that cuts across traditional fields of statistics to identify, produce and disseminate statistics that reflect the realities of the lives of women and men, and policy issues relating to gender. [flatrock.org.nz] 

Gender statistics is an area that cuts across traditional fields of statistics to identify, produce and disseminate statistics that reflect the realities of the lives of women and men, and policy issues relating to gender. [flatrock.org.nz]


"Although gender statistics remains a strange concept to the public, it has already been brought into the national statistical systems," said Zhang. "China's 12th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development has requested specifically to 'implement a gender statistics system'."

Gender statistics is an area that cuts across traditional fields of statistics to identify, produce and disseminate statistics that reflect the realities of the lives of women and men, and policy issues relating to gender.

Statistics and indicators on the situation of women and men are needed to describe their roles in society, economy and family, formulate and monitor policies and plans, monitor changes, and inform the public.

Member of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and Member of the Secretariat of the All-China Women's Federation (ACWF) Zhang Jing raises a proposal calling for the further development of gender statistics in China. [women.org.cn]

Member of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and Member of the Secretariat of the All-China Women's Federation (ACWF) Zhang Jing raises a proposal calling for the further development of gender statistics in China. [women.org.cn]

Zhang said that she considers that the figures are a convincing sign of the country's efforts to promote the basic national policy of gender equality and women's progress. The National Bureau of Statistics and ministries such as the Ministry of Education, Health and Human Resources and Social Security should work hand in hand to perfect the statistical system, pushing it to describe more accurately and fully the activities and characteristics of the whole population so as to implement the Program for the Development of Chinese Women (2011-2020) and the Program for the Development of Chinese Children (2011-2020).

Zhang also suggested establishing an official data base for gender statistics to enable the public to access such information and put it to good use.