Can female employees be restricted from applying for jobs during the recruitment process?

According to the Employment Promotion Law, except for jobs or posts that are not suitable for women as stipulated by the state, the employer shall not refuse to employ women or raise the employment standards for women on the grounds of gender.

At the same time, according to the requirements of the Notice on Further Standardizing Recruitment Behavior to Promote Women's Employment issued by the All-China Women's Federation and Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security on 20 19, the employer shall not restrict gender (except the forbidden labor scope of female employees stipulated by the state) or give priority to gender in the recruitment process, and shall not restrict women's job hunting and employment, refuse to hire women, ask about women's marriage and childbirth, take pregnancy examination as the entry medical examination item, and take birth restriction as the recruitment condition.