男女平等是我国妇女解放与发展的重要目标,是衡量社会文明进步的重要尺度。江泽民主席在1995年第四次世界妇女大会开幕式的致辞中明确提出:“男女平等是促进我国经济社会发展的一项基本国策”。胡锦涛总书记在去年8月接见全国妇联新一届领导班子和中国妇女九大部分代表时的重要 The equality between men and women is an important goal of women’s liberation and development in our country and an important yardstick for measuring the progress of social civilization. In his speech at the opening ceremony of the Fourth World Conference on Women in 1995, President Jiang Zemin clearly stated: “Gender equality is a basic national policy to promote China’s economic and social development.” The importance of General Secretary Hu Jintao meeting with the new leadership of the All-China Women’s Federation and representatives of the nine major Chinese women in August last year