As one of the first signatories which ratified the “Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women(CEDAW)” in 1980, China has taken a series of measures on aspects of law, policy, society and so on, to strictly fulfill the obligations of States parties, improving the social status of women, giving more opportunities and rights to women during the past 30 years, and the effect is significant. However, women’s employment, political participation, health, domestic violence against women have not been well addressed, and there is still room for improvement about problems concerning girls, rural women, older women and other special groups of women. We cannot merely remain at the stage of empowerment. What is more important is to change social customs and social environment, to improve the ability of women to exercise their rights, to promote the equality on the ability to achieve real justice and to promote the development of the cause of gender equality. As one of the first signs that ratified the “Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) ” in 1980, China has taken a series of measures on aspects of law, policy, society and so on, to strictly fulfill the obligations of States parties, improving the social status of women, giving more opportunities and rights to women during the past 30 years, and the effect is significant. However, women’s employment, political participation, health, domestic violence against women have not been well addressed, and there is still room for improvement of problems concerning girls, rural women, older women and other special groups of women. We can not merely remain at the stage of empowerment. What is more important is to change social customs and social environment to improve the ability of women to exercise their rights, to promote the equality on the ability to achieve real justice and to promote the development of the cause of gender equality.