Firstly, it states the national requirements under ICESCR, CEDAW together with the subsequent general recommendations, and the treaties drafted by International Labour Organization. Those are instruments consisting of the International Labour Standards (ILS) in a broader sense, which State Parties are obliged to pursue in the development of domestic legal system.
Secondly, what come next is the history and current development in Chinese legislative system regarding women have equal rights with men in labour market. Meanwhile, it is easy to figure out those responsibilities China has not accomplished yet in the aspects of inadequateness and ineffectiveness of practicing the conventions.
Then in the third section, the dissertation presents what is happening regarding the problem of gender discrimination in Chinese labour market nowadays because this paper is built up on the ground of this unfair phenomenon.
Eventually, by means of discussing the legislation and enforcement of some countries which do a much better performance in the ranking of global gender gap, it helps to build a more effective and fair legal system in China. Afterwards, trying to propose viable and feasible suggestions under the obligation of the standards are practical.
The paper argues that gender discrimination in labor market is still an inadequate and ineffective practice to protect the women rights regulated in the domestic system after almost forty years' efforts in China. Therefore, to give my proposals towards the specific anti-discrimination act in employment after looking through four states and unions.