Gender justice and equality is the fundamental national policy in China.Laws have been committed to elimina-ting gender inequality and have made significant progress.As far as reproduction is concerned,the law has always pursued gen-der justice,and the recent legislation has been making efforts to bridge the gender gap.Yet there still exits shortcomings in the aspects of reproductive empowerment,distribution of reproductive costs,and the assignment of childcare obligations.Some regulations strengthen the female image of object and motherhood,restrict the reproductive right of women and increase the fe-male's reproductive burden and childcare obligations.The main reason is that the ideas of"male chauvinism"and"gender nihil-ism"still remain in the legislative field.Legislation on reproduction should follow up the development of reproductive technolo-gy,respond to changes in population policies,adhere to the legal concept of gender equality,and improve a gender fair repro-ductive system;Review the rules that restrict womens reproductive freedom and increase their reproductive burden,build a re-productive system that equally empower female and male reproductive rights,and fairly distribute reproductive costs and rea-sonably allocates childcare obligations among both sexes,families,and society.
Gender EqualityMale ChauvinismGender NihilismReproductive Rights EmpowermentChildcare Ob-ligation