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20 May 2015

Author:
He Na & Yang Wanli, China Daily

Gender bias is still prominent in employment among college graduates

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"Gender Bias Plagues Job Hunt: College Graduates", 21st May 2015

...Graduates are finding that although gender discrimination in employment has been officially prohibited for years, it remains widespread...Cheng Qi, a geography major who will graduate in July...is one of the victims..."Many companies do not even accept female graduates' resumes, let alone give them an interview,"..."The human resources personnel said that if I were male, they would recruit me immediately..."Countless female students nationwide have had similar experiences...A recent report...said that of males and females with identical resumes, the male graduates were granted interviews 42 percent more often than females...Liu Minghui, a law professor at China Women's University, said the biggest problem is that there is no gender discrimination concept embodied in China's laws...