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ies and women who are sterile. It forbids tormenting women with superstitious and violent means and bans maltreatment or abandonment of aged women. It forbids the abduction and kidnapping of women as well as the sale and purchase of such women. It bans actions to organize, force, seduce, shelter or introduce women to engage in prostitution. Lastly, women enjoy equal rights with men in marriage and the family. The law states that women enjoy equal freedom in marriage and divorce, and the relations between husband and wife are equal. Women can use their own surnames and given names and participate in production and social activities. Women are subject to special protection with regard to divorce. While clearly delineating the various concrete rights and interests of women, China's legislation amplifies the responsibilities of state organs in protecting women and clarifies the special status and role of the women's federations and other women's organizations in lawsuits, thus establishing a comprehensive legal mechanism for protecting women. Among the 54 articles of the Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of Women, 75 percent list in detail the consequences and legal responsibilities for infringements, thus providing an operational legal basis for enforcement of the law. In sum, it is true that in China much has been done to emancipate women in the past half century, however, China is a developing country. Owing to the constraints of social development and the influence of old concepts, the condition of Chinese women is still not wholly satisfactory. There exist various difficulties and resistance which have prevented the full realization of equal rights to women with respect to their participation in political and government affairs, employment, access to education, as well as marriage and family. Instances of looking down upon and discrimination against women and even infringement of their rights still occur from time to time. Therefore, certain provisions on the legal rights of women and guarantee mechanisms need to be further improved. At the same time, the government should set up a central mechanism to examine implementation of government policies, expenditure proposals and legislation to ensure equality for both sexes. Many things remain to be done. B. Women’s Fighting Against Feudal Ideology and Self-Cultivation Although in the latest several decades, Chinese women have made a great historic leap in the enhancement of women’s status. And we can say that women’s situation in present day is totally different from that of old China. However, Chinese women today still face discrimination; they are usually treated unfairly in many aspects, and are denied their privilege, certain individuals. Because some immutable and strongly feudal beliefs still remain today, especially in some countryside districts. For example the male still enjoy the dominating status, and men virtually authorize and control women, embodying in social institutions of power, for instance, in the family, law, and government, and their legitimating ideologies. In the country, society is patriarchal. And under patriarchy, maleness is viewed as the norm and is the prevailing perspective, but female is considered to be outside the main stream of the life and society. Traditional feudal ideologies, such as, “husband sings and wife accompanies”, “the male is superior to the female”, “virtuous wife”, “three obedience conception: women obey-first, thei