(JU HUANZONG)

Women from Xiamacheng Community in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, walk around the West Lake on March 5.

Data from health authorities show that the life expectancy of Chinese women has increased from 73.33 years in 2000 to 77.37 years in 2013. Maternal death was reduced in the period to 23.2 in every 100,000 women, down 56.2 percent from that of 2000.