“Report on Chinese Women’s State of Life（2006）” is a very special book among all Chinese blue books.

Targeting women，the book covers women’s being and depicts their life in China’s modernization process.It reflects their happiness，anger，grief，joy，gender characters and mental outlook.As a pioneer，the book explores women’s living space and discusses valuable issues such as life quality indices，women’s psychology and sense of happiness.The book is instructive as it helps to understand how to modernize a person and how to achieve our goal to build a well-off society.

The report，divided into three parts，covers three important areas in women’s life as well as hot issues in 2005.It points out current social trends.

Three important areas in women’s life

Ⅰ.Life quality survey embodies humanity

There is a red thread linking the whole report.People-oriented and caring for women，the paper embodies humanity and sisterhood.

1.It covers a whole range of areas concerning life quality.This shows surveyors have deep feelings and done their best for women

The report lists nine areas：working status，psychological and physical health，social security，marriage and family，after-hours，living conditions，consumption situation，social participation，sense of happiness and expectations.These areas have been carefully surveyed.

2.Questionnaires are designed to show concern for women

The survey has alerted women.One has to pay close attentions to small matters such as sleep and health check-up to improve ones life quality.

3.From goods to mentality，the survey takes a close look at women’s thoughts and feelings

The survey finds out that 92.8 per cent of professional women feel working pressure and 62.1 per cent of mothers worry for their children.To exam life quality，the report lists satisfaction indices that include work satisfaction，living condition satisfaction，and an all-round life satisfaction.

Marriage experience is the most important index that determines women’s life quality.Living condition satisfaction and work satisfaction become second and third factors.We can see that spiritual life occupies an important position in women’s life quality.

4.The introduction of happiness index reflects a human touch

Feeling happy or not is pure personal experience based on many factors.The majority of women say they feel happy.Among the married women aged 31～40 say they are the happiest，and those with higher educational background feel happier than those with lower educational background.On the whole，city professional women enjoy high happiness index.

Ⅱ.Women’s consumption indicates general public consumption trends

1.Ensure basic living consumption

To ensure basic living consumption is women’s priority.They spend 29 per cent of their annual income on books，cosmetics，travel，communication and fitness.

2.Willing to improve consumption structure

In the coming six months，18.1 per cent women surveyed say they want to buy mobile phones，16.1 per cent computers，14.8 per cent houses，and 12.5 per cent cars.Ninety per cent women say they want to travel abroad and their preferred destinations are in the following order：France，Egypt，Switzerland，Italy and Australia.

3.Brand consumption reflects women’s love for beauty and vogue

Most loved cosmetic brand is L’Oreal，home appliances Haire，and health care products Amway.

4.Improving self quality has gained the attention of majority women

Women aged 20～30 are most enthusiastic about learning.Those with tertiary educational background want to study most and so do Shanghai women.Women are increasingly aware of the importance of improving themselves and those with higher educational background tend to spend more on books and magazines.

5.Women’s enthusiasm for fitness exercises epitomizes the nation’s fitness activities

Women become more aware of their health as they age.Women aged 20～30 do exercise once every 9.1 days，30～40 once every 8.4 days，41～50 once every 7.8 days，51～60 once every 5 days，and 61～70 once every 2.7 days.

Ⅲ.Women’s safe consumption has alerted the general public helpfully

People should realize that it is a long and arduous task to solve the problem of unsafe consumption and it is important to find out social and economic root causes.

1.Profit-before-everything-pursuit has long been the economic root cause

Under market economy，there are people pursuing profits before everything.The rule of law cannot change their values and outlook.It is inevitable that unsafe consumption will appear and the problem is very difficult to deal with.Only with concerted efforts by the whole society can the damage be controlled to the minimum.

2.Environmental pollution has long been the social root cause

Unsafe consumption will exist for a long time.Unsafe food is caused by pollutant chain，economic chain and food chain.It is a complex cycle that goes around environment-resource-economy-society.Clearing the