ACCORDING to recent statistics. 66.1 percent of the 72.22 million rural and township population who have “floated” to urban areas are male. That is to say, about 47.74 million rural male laborers have left their homes and fields to work in cities. Consequently, about 40 million married women have been left behind in the countryside to manage everything from household chores to agricultural production, This is a new phenomenon in the countryside that has resulted from China’s reform and opening up to the outside world. That is to 47.74 million rural male laborers have left their homes and fields to work in cities. Due, about 40 million married women have been left behind the the countryside to manage everything from household chores to agricultural production, This is a new phenomenon in the countryside that has occurred from China’s reform and opening up to the outside world.