At the just-concluded National People's Congress and the National People's Congress, female deputies and committee members gave full play to their "she" strength and contributed a number of insightful proposals on women's health, education and training, protection of employment rights and interests, and scientific and technological innovation and entrepreneurship. Among them, at the open group activity of the Beijing delegation, Yi Tong, deputy to the National People's Congress and director of the Institute of Innovation and Development Strategy of the Beijing Academy of Science and Technology, suggested that the innovation and creativity potential of female scientific and technological workers should be further stimulated through more perfect policies and more detailed welfare guarantees, so that "her" wisdom can be better displayed in the new round of industrial transformation.
Due to multiple factors, the potential of female scientific and technological talents has not been fully unleashed. According to the 2022 survey on women's participation in science and technology innovation in the Asia-Pacific region conducted by the UNDP Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific in six countries, including China, Thailand, and Indonesia, the number of women studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) related disciplines is on the rise, but in the process of career development, childbirth costs and family responsibilities, female science and technology workers are constantly losing, showing a "leakage pipe effect".
"Women's career dilemmas are not unique to one country or one industry, but are somewhat universal. Qun Zhao, vice president of human resources for Trane Technologies Asia Pacific, said in an interview that her company is a multinational company that provides temperature control solutions to more than 100 countries and regions around the world. "This is a multi-party joint effort to promote, which needs policy guidance, and more importantly, the enterprise itself needs to do a good job."
Zhao Qun said that from the perspective of enterprises, they have explored a set of full-cycle and all-round empowerment models for women's career growth, such as starting from campus recruitment to improve the admission rate of female students; in daily work, advocating mutual encouragement and support, increasing the attention of senior management to female employees, and supporting their personal growth and professional development; at the level of corporate culture and personal value, creating an open and inclusive environment, encouraging innovation and creativity to be integrated into every day, and bringing lasting and lasting benefits to society and the environment. Trane Technologies also offers competitive benefits and compensation to its employees, enabling women to balance family and career development. As a result, Trane Technologies continues to be named to Forbes' list of "Best Employers for Women."
"She" empowerment needs policy guidance and micro landing of enterprises
In recent years, with the encouragement of outstanding women such as He Zehui and Tu Youyou, more and more female talents have written chapters in the field of scientific and technological innovation. According to data from the China Association for Science and Technology, there are currently nearly 40 million female scientific and technological workers in the country, accounting for more than 45%. This is also due to the implementation of a number of supportive policy initiatives at the national level. As early as June 2021, 13 departments, including the Ministry of Science and Technology, issued a notice on "Several Measures to Support Female Scientific and Technological Talents to Play a Greater Role in Scientific and Technological Innovation". The "Measures" also clearly mentioned that "on the whole, there is still a shortage of high-level female scientific and technological talents, female scientific and technological talents still face some bottlenecks in their career development, special policies in line with the characteristics of female scientific and technological talents are insufficient, and the role of female scientific and technological talents in scientific and technological innovation has not been fully utilized".
In view of the above issues, the "Measures" put forward 16 key measures, including cultivating high-level female scientific and technological talents, vigorously supporting the innovation and entrepreneurship of female scientific and technological talents, improving the evaluation and incentive mechanism of female scientific and technological talents, supporting the scientific research of female scientific and technological talents during pregnancy and lactation, strengthening the training of female reserve scientific and technological talents, and strengthening the basic work of female scientific and technological talents. Last year, the National Natural Science Foundation of China also relaxed the age limit for female researchers to apply for the "National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars" from 45 to 48 years old, providing further support for cultivating more female scientific and technological leaders.
"Policies provide guidance at the macro level, while enterprises need to land at the micro level. As a global company, Trane Technologies has accumulated a lot of experience in this area through years of cross-cultural practice. Zhao Qun said that a diverse and equal corporate culture environment is the basis for women to obtain good career development. Back in 2017, Trane Technologies joined the Paradigm for Parity coalition to commit to closing the gender gap in corporate leadership. Trane Technologies' 2030 Sustainability Commitment is a commitment to Opportunity for All, while aligning workforce diversity with the composition of the community workforce to further achieve bottom-up gender parity. Trane Technologies now has 42 percent women on its senior board of directors and 26.2 percent of its global senior leadership positions.
It is understood that Trane Technologies also helps female employees grow professionally through a variety of training programs. For example, the Women in Action program provides a variety of online courses and learning materials for female employees to help them innovate, and the Women's Leadership program provides long-term leadership training and mentoring to provide more opportunities for women to enter the leadership team. In a positive work environment, you can achieve personal growth and experience a life without limits through continuous professional skill improvement.
"Her power" bursts out within the enterprise, and accumulates strength outside the enterprise
As an innovation-driven company, Trane Technologies not only focuses on the innovation of female employees, but also focuses on the development of female science and technology talents. For example, through a variety of cooperation models, we can broaden the horizons and link opportunities for more students who dream of becoming female engineers.
In 2022, Trane Technologies launched the "Change the Future· STEM Education Program". Last year, Trane Technologies launched the Future Star Female Engineer Scholarship under the Public Welfare Fund to encourage outstanding female students in HVAC-related majors such as refrigeration, mechanics, energy and environment, and information technology to break through and strive to create a better future for STEM careers.
Recently, the scholarship program entered Tongji University, and while awarding the scholarship, it also carried out a derivative activity - "Blooming Her Power" University Women's Salon. At the salon, the chief engineer from Trane Technologies appeared to talk about his career advancement and life transformation journey with the female college students. "The experience of being a senior sister has made me more determined to deepen my profession, and it has also made me see that women can also shine in the field of engineering. Said a representative of the scholarship winners. In addition, human resources experts also conducted much-needed career development path planning, resume and interview guidance for the students. In the future, the women's salon will also enter more well-known colleges and universities to help more female STEM talents grow.
Zhao Qun said, "Trane Technologies continues to empower women in its own unique way, hoping to provide a solid and warm guarantee for the full life cycle of women's careers. At the same time, the unique sensitivity, delicacy and tenacity of female talents also provide a steady stream of nutrients for the continuous innovation and growth of the company and the industry. It's a wonderful mutual achievement. ”