Beijing: While millions of Chinese enjoyed the eight-day National Day holiday, Zheng Wenjing led her team in the fields, selecting special rice seeds for breeding research. Zheng, 51, has contributed significantly to the molecular breeding of japonica rice resistant to rice blast, showcasing the increasing role of women in science and technology in China.

According to Namibia Press Agency, China has around 40 million female scientific and technological workers, comprising 45.8 percent of the total workforce in these fields. A recent white paper, “China’s Achievements in Women’s Well-Rounded Development in the New Era,” highlights measures to support female talent in national projects. Zheng, the deputy director of the Rice Research Institute of the Liaoning Academy of Agricultural Sciences, has received over 20 awards for her agricultural research.

Tianjin Municipality recently hosted its 18th Women’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, where a seven-woman team won 12 million yuan in angel investment for their “AI pathological diagnosis system.” This system is now used in grassroots hospitals for cervical cancer screening, reinforcing the competition’s role in promoting technology-based enterprises and women’s entrepreneurial projects.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing. Since 1995, China’s development of women has accelerated, with female students now accounting for over half of all students in higher education. Song Limin of Liaoning University emphasized the integration of women’s development with China’s economic progress.

China will soon host a global summit to mark the 30th anniversary of the 1995 conference, co-hosted by China and UN Women. The summit aims to reaffirm the conference’s spirit and advance its outcomes. A white paper released ahead of the meeting highlights Chinese women’s achievements and China’s commitment to global women’s advancement.

Huang Xiaowei, deputy head of the National Working Committee on Children and Women, emphasized China’s unprecedented emphasis on women’s rights and participation in global governance on women’s issues, resulting in unparalleled fulfillment and security among women.