China must create favourable policies so that more women scientists can rise to leading positions, a senior mathematician and member of Beijing’s top political advisory body has said.
China lags far behind in the number of highly ranked female scientists compared to research powerhouses around the world – and this glass ceiling must be broken, Yuan Yaxiang, vice-president of the China Association for Science and Technology, told state media last week.
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