First Gender Discrimination Lawsuit: Won

Huang Rong sought a declaration that gender was not an acceptable reason for her to be denied employment. According to the verdict made by a Hangzhou court in east China's Zhejiang Province on November 12, 2014, Huang was awarded 2,000 yuan (USD $326) in damages. This was the first Chinese court case related to gender discrimination in employment since China adopted the Law on the Protection of Women’s Rights and Interests of the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国妇女权益保障法) in 1992.