Underrepresented in Chinese CP, Women Encouraged to Fulfill “Traditional Roles” – China, Middle-earth
ksuadminJuly 7, 2021 1
The party under Xi Jinping then stepped up its duty as “wives and mothers” to face demographic challenges
On July 1, as Xi Jinping spoke in Tiananmen Square to a carefully chosen audience on the centenary of the Chinese Communist Party, the state television camera circled the guests of honor seated near from the pulpit. The most attentive may have noticed an under-represented category: women.
It is not a coincidence. The latest population census, released in May by China’s National Bureau of Statistics, showed that women make up 48.76 percent of the population, or about 688.44 million of that country’s 1.4 billion people. Asian. The representation of women in the Communist Party is, however, significantly lower. Data compiled in 2019 shows that only 27.9% of members are women – and that number tends to be lower as the position grows.