保障妇女的平等就业权利。就业是民生之本。国家制定和完善法律法规，促进公平就业，消除就业性别歧视。《中华人民共和国就业促进法》专设“公平就业”一章，强调男女平等就业权利。《中华人民共和国劳动合同法》对企业订立女职工权益保护专项集体合同作出明确规定，为保障女职工合法权益提供了法律依据。制定、修订和实施《女职工劳动保护特别规定》、机关事业单位处级干部和高级职称专业技术人员男女同龄退休、支持女性科技人才成长及促进女大学生平等就业等一系列法规、政策及措施，为妇女就业和职业发展创造有利条件。

　　促进妇女就业创业。国家针对不同妇女群体就业创业中面临的困难，出台支持性政策措施。实施鼓励妇女就业创业的小额担保贷款财政贴息政策，2009年以来向妇女发放小额贴息贷款2220.6亿元人民币，扶植和带动千万妇女创业就业。大力发展家政服务和手工编织等行业，为城乡妇女就地就近和转移就业提供服务。开展女大学生就业创业扶持行动，为女大学生提供就业培训、创业指导、见习岗位。实施“阳光工程”，提高农村女性劳动力素质和就业技能，为促进农村女性劳动力向非农产业和城镇转移创造条件。全国共建立20多万所“妇女学校”，近2亿人次妇女参加农业新技术、新品种培训，150万名妇女获得农业技术员职称和绿色证书，创办5.3万个妇女专业合作组织。自2011年启动“城镇百万残疾人就业工程”以来，每年新增残疾妇女就业约10万人。

The state ensures equal employment right for women. Employment has a vital bearing on people's quality of life. The state has promulgated and improved laws and regulations to promote fair employment and eliminate gender discrimination in employment. The Employment Promotion Law of the People' s Republic of China has a chapter specially dealing with fair employment, emphasizing gender equality in employment right. The Labor Contract Law of the People' s Republic of China has clear provisions under which businesses are required to create collective contracts for protecting female workers' rights and interests, providing a legal basis for protecting the legitimate rights and interests of female workers. To create favorable conditions for women' s employment and career development, the state has also developed, amended and implemented the Special Regulations on Labor Protection of Female Employees, along with policies that enable women in positions as middle-ranking officials, senior professionals and technicians at state organs and public institutions to retire at the same age as their male counterparts, and policies to facilitate the growth of female scientists and promote equal employment opportunities for female college graduates.

The state helps women who are seeking employment and starting businesses. The state has introduced supportive policies and measures to address the difficulties of women in seeking employment and starting businesses. To engage women in employment and entrepreneurship, the state has introduced the small-sum guaranteed loan with financial discount. Since 2009, a total of 222.06 billion yuan has been issued in small discount loans to women, helping millions of women with their new businesses and careers. The state vigorously promotes the development of housekeeping services in urban areas and handicrafts, such as weaving and knitting, in rural areas, in order that women in cities and countryside can find employment locally and close to their homes, and also to promote employment transfer. It supports female college graduates in seeking employment and starting businesses, providing training in employment, guidance in starting businesses and internship opportunities, and it has implemented the Sunshine Project, improving the quality and skills of the rural female workforce and creating conditions to promote the transfer of rural female workforce to non-agricultural sectors and urban areas. There are now more than 200,000 training schools for women nationwide, providing training sessions to a total of nearly 200 million women in new agricultural technologies and new crop species. A total of 1.5 million women have obtained titles and qualifications as agricultural technicians, and 53,000 women' s professional cooperatives have been founded. Following the launch of an employment promotion project for the disabled in urban areas in 2011, about 100,000 disabled women have joined the workforce each year.