The Impact of the Internet on Women in China Meiqi Fang Information School Renmin University of China

The Impact of the Internet on Women in China 1. The Development of the Internet in China 2. The Impact of the Internet on Women in China 3. Conclusion

1. The Internet Development in China The rapid development of the Internet changes the life style of human beings profoundly. The Internet first came forth in America in It developed much more rapidly than all other preceding technologies.

ITU ’ s Statistic

CNNIC ’ s Statistical Survey on the Internet Development in China Up to June 30, 2003, to the same period of last year, the increase is 59.5 ％. it is 86 times of that in October, 1997

CNNIC ’ s Statistical Survey on the Internet Development in China

The Internet Application in China CHINANET CSTNET ( China Science and Technology Network ) CERNET ( China Education and Research Network ) CHINAGBN ( China Golden Bridge Network )

The Internet Application in China E-Commerce E-Learning Remote Medical Treatment Hiring On Line Collaborative Business Personal Homepage Mobile Messaging

1. The Internet Development in China In general, the Internet in China is developing rapidly. We also notice that all Internet users of 68 million only account for 5.3% of the total population of 1.3 billion. There is promising space to develop.

2.The impact of the Internet on Women in China 2.1. The Women Policy and the General Situation in China 2.2. The impact on Education 2.3. The impact on Employment 2.4. The impact on Medical Services 2.5. The impact on Socialization

* 2.1. The Women Policy and the General Situation in China The Chinese government highly regards the equality of men and women as a basic principle in social development The Chinese government passed a series of laws, which provided a strong lawful support to women’s equal rights

2.1. The Women Policy and the General Situation in China Now, in our country, women have the same social, political and economic status as men. In the developed areas, there is only little sex discriminations. In some less developed areas of the country, however, sometimes there are certain sex discriminations in the traditional ways.

2.2. The impact on Education In the past, women had fewer education opportunities than men With the social progress, the education level and proportion of women has risen greatly, but it is still lower than men.

2.2. The impact on Education The Internet changed the contents, methods and even the structures of the education. It gives women more education opportunities

2.3. The impact on Employment Occupation is partitioned by gender traditionally. Modern network opens up new fields of opportunities for women The intelligence factor of network technique can effectively exploit the potential intelligence and avoid the lack of physical strength.

Some Examples Yu Yu, CEO of the Dangdang.com,Dangdang.com received her BA in English Literature from Beijing Foreign Studies University, and her MBA in Finance and International Business from New York University in 1992.

Some Examples Dangdang.com, founded in Nov., 1999, Dangdang.com is the biggest Chinese online bookstore. It can offer readers over 200,000 kinds of books and 10,000 video products, which cover 90% of Chinese book market.

Some Examples Tan Haiyin, CEO of the Eachnet.com received her MBA from Harvard.Eachnet.com She cooperating with Shao Yibo, established the Eachnet company in The eBay, the biggest E-commerce company of U.S.A., invested in it first in March,2002 and once more in june,2003.

Some Examples Eachnet.com is the biggest Chinese Eachnet.com c2c E-commerce platform. Registered users of the eachnet.com have been over 3.5 million and the registered goods over 20 million. On average, a new commodity will be registered per 4 seconds and a deal will be done per 5 seconds.

Some Examples In our ECOLAB, many academics, postgraduates, Ph.Ds. are female. And they also have made their successes. Up to now, they have developed three products: SIMEC EC-Game WEBCLASS

2.4. The impact on Medical Services The Internet also facilitates the medical services of human beings.

2.5. The impact on Socialization The network changes and extends the ways of socialization of women. By Internet, women can: share the information and amusements express themselves communicate with others meet their needs Women are no longer confined to the home and work place; they have more choices.

3. Conclusion With the economy globalizing, women will face the great challenge. The network provides women the unprecedented free space and developing opportunities. we can do our efforts beginning with the Internet.

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