The rise of female entrepreneurs in China

Women entrepreneurs have been playing an increasingly significant role in the Chinese economic reform of the past thirty years. Through historical review and case studies, this paper examines the development of female entrepreneurship in the People's Republic of China. Faced with both challenges and opportunities, aspiring Chinese women must have a clear vision, sheer determination and perseverance to move forward, and they must also possess a sense of aggressiveness and decision-making competence in order to achieve desirable business objectives. In addition, successful female entrepreneurs in China appear to be well educated, mostly married and politically shrewd, they seem to enjoy strong family support and benefit greatly from extensive personal networks.