Women's Day is a women's day.
China women's gender contribution to China's contemporary development is mainly reflected in four aspects: First, China women have consciously assumed many responsibilities and even costs of reform and opening up, paving the way for China's contemporary development to some extent. Laid-off women workers endure the pain of reform with women's unique resilience and resolve the laid-off crisis by self-employment or informal employment. In addition, if millions of girls from rural areas did not work nervously on the assembly lines of garment factories, toy factories and other export manufacturers, there would be no rise of export-oriented economy in China Special Economic Zone; Without the hard work of nearly 20 million rural women, the stability of rural families, the construction of new socialist countryside and the sustainability of urbanization in China will be immeasurably affected. Therefore, China women's contribution to China's contemporary development is first reflected in their gender awareness and actions of putting national interests first and solving problems for the nation in the process of reform and opening up.
Secondly, the "double shoulders" of women's society and family in China not only directly participated in the creation of economic wealth, but also provided a relatively stable social environment for the development of contemporary China. The "Second Sampling Survey of Women's Social Status in China" jointly organized by the All-China Women's Federation and the National Bureau of Statistics shows that the employment rate of women aged 0/8-64 in China is as high as 87%, only 6.6% lower than that of men of the same age. The proportion of employed women in all working population has exceeded 45%. If we add the female population who resigned early because of the different retirement ages of men and women, almost the majority of China women will contribute to the contemporary development of China by participating in outdoor production and service activities.
In addition, the survey found that married women in China are also the main undertakers of housework and family education, and they spend at least 1 hour more on housework and family education than their husbands. Because they take the initiative to take responsibility for family affairs in their spare time, they ensure the normal play of family social functions, not only maintain the soundness and stability of the family as a social cell of contemporary development in China, but also relieve the worries of men in China, so that they can devote more energy and time to their work. In this sense, a considerable part of China men's contribution to the contemporary development of China is attributed to China women. In other words, China women's contribution to the contemporary development of China can be divided into two parts, one part is the direct contribution of individual participation in social labor, and the other part is the indirect contribution by improving the work output of China men.
Thirdly, China women's participation in society has subtly changed the thinking and mode of contemporary development in China and improved the efficiency and quality of contemporary development in China. Women in China participated in market production and social affairs more widely, especially in the process of public decision-making, and changed from potential and personalized private character resources to obvious and collective social spiritual wealth, which influenced, changed or subverted the male-dominated social development ideas and methods in all fields of society, and set off a social change of gender exchange, cooperation and substitution with development as the theme, which brought more achievements to the contemporary development of China.
Finally, China women's contribution to China's contemporary development is also reflected in their gender drive to China men, which comes from the self-improvement and promotion of male groups caused by "gender squeeze" or "gender introspection". The overall improvement of women's education level in China, especially their outstanding performance and success in the workplace, has made men in China realize that they are now facing double competitive pressure from both inside and outside the gender. Compared with internal competition, the "not showing weakness" between the two sexes is more likely to cause men to catch up and tap their potential, thus expanding the contribution of China men as a whole to the contemporary development of China. China women's hard work of "shouldering the burden" will also touch China men who have benefited for a long time. More and more "good men" are keen on housework and tutoring, which reduces the family burden of women in China to some extent, ensures their continuous investment in their own human capital and a better grasp of career development opportunities, and further increases their gender contribution to the development of contemporary China.
In the face of gender discrimination in employment, some women strengthen their sense of self-reliance and self-reliance and realize the value of life through hard self-entrepreneurship; There are also some women who resolutely come out of their unhappy marriages and use their weak shoulders to hold up a blue sky of hope for themselves and their married children. All these actions of women in China have changed the traditional stereotypes of men in China society, especially in China, and created more opportunities and a more relaxed social environment for them to play a greater gender role in the development of contemporary China.