The Women’s Studies Institute of China (WSIC) released a report. The results showed that 86.6 percent of female college students had experienced one or multiple types of gender discrimination while job hunting. Of those who had experienced discrimination, 80 percent were engineering majors.

A total of 80.2 percent of female interviewees were able to offer examples of gender discrimination that they had encountered while searching for jobs, including positions described as “reserved for males or with preference for male applicants. Some employers even limited jobs based on the blood types and horoscopes of female applicants.

According to a report released by the National Academy of Development and Strategy, male job hunters encounter 1.42 times the number of opportunities that their female counterparts do, even when experience and educational levels are even.

In addition to explicitly stated discriminatory policies, some implicit limitations are also prevalent. A professor at Hunan University pointed out that although China has regulations in place to prevent gender discrimination, many companies still prefer to hire men because of traditional stereotypes and unequal legal policies.