On behalf of 600 million Chinese women, over 1,300 deputies came to Beijing to attend the Eighth Chinese Women’s National Congress. According to the materials supplied by the All-China Women’s Federation (ACWF), 43.67 percent of the deputies to this congress were engaged in women’s work; 56.33 percent were representatives from the fields of industry and agriculture, commerce, trade and finance, science and technology, education, medicine, social welfare, media, law and the army; one percent were from Taiwan; one percent were returned overseas Chinese or the family dependents of overseas Chinese. All 55 ethnicities were represented; ethnic delegates accounted for 15.5 percent of the total. The average age of these deputies was 46. On behalf of 600 million Chinese women, over 1,300 deputies came to Beijing to attend the Eighth Chinese Women’s National Congress. According to the materials supplied by the All-China Women’s Federation (ACWF), 43.67 percent of the deputies to this congress were engaged in women’s work; 56.33 percent were representatives from the fields of industry and agriculture, commerce, trade and finance, science and technology, education, medicine, social welfare, media, law and the army; one percent were from Taiwan; one percent were returned overseas Chinese or the family dependents of overseas Chinese. All 55 ethnicities were represented; ethnic delegates accounted for 15.5 percent of the total. The average age of these deputies was 46.