(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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