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particularly popular fields; there are hundred of Chinese women practising medicine and surgery, and thousands engaged as trained workers in various branches of public health work and midwifery. Others are rendering excellent service as social workers, especially among children, and there are women in every Government Department, some of them occupying positions of considerable responsibility. In various Government offices in Nanking alone - before the present war -, more than 300 women were employed.

Women have also won for themselves positions as managers and executives in industrial and business enterprises, including banking. In Shanghai there is the Woman's Commercial and Savings Bank opened in 1924, which has resources of more than $5,000,000 and is entirely operated by women. In the large commercial cities of China, there are hundreds of girls employed as clerks and book-keepers, etc., many of whom have, in addition to the ordinary qualifications, a knowledge of one or two foreign languages in addition to Chinese.

Since the out break of war This rapid development is no doubt due to the great leadership of Madame Chiang Kai-shek, Madame Sun and [[strikethrough]] Madame Kung [[/strikethrough]] who in return receive their chief inspiration from this country in the formative years of their life. In keeping march of this development, I engaged in aviation. Although this has not been a popular field for the women at present, yet I have no doubt that it will be followed by women in due course of time. 

Speaking of aviation in China, there is one point I should like to stress. For ages, China has been deprived of an extensive communication system. To reach the interior part of