中国婦女在生機勃勃的改革聲中迎來了一九八六年的‘三八’國際婦女節。近年來,改革向中國婦女提出了挑戰,也帶來了前所未有的發展機會。在先行改革的農村,婦女地位的變化是驚人的。過去的農村婦女‘種田聽生產隊長安排,家事由丈夫作主’,現在許多丈夫外出經商做工,婦女成了戶主。她們學會了用科學方法種田、養殖和加工農產品,也逐漸懂得了銷售經營。其中不少人的家庭因此富裕起來了,她們自己也成了家裹的頂梁柱。過去習慣回家等妻子侍候的‘爺兒 Chinese women welcomed the 38 March International Women’s Day in the midst of a vibrant reform. In recent years, the reform has posed a challenge to Chinese women and brought unprecedented opportunities for development. In the reform-first rural areas, the changes in the status of women are staggering. In the past, the rural women ’s farming was arranged by the captain of the production and arrangements were made by the husbands. Now many husbands go out for business and women become heads of household. They learned how to farm, grow and process agricultural products in a scientific way and gradually became aware of sales operations. Many of these families became wealthy, and they themselves became the homestay of the house. Yeh, who used to go home and wait for his wife