September
October 15,2022 By:en.humanrights.cn
UN's Xinjiang report 'coercive diplomacy'
The UN's assessment of human rights in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region is an "illegal document and a perverse product of the United States and some other Western forces' coercive diplomacy", said the spokesperson for the Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations on Sept. 1.
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, or OHCHR, on Aug. 31 released an assessment of human rights concerns in Xinjiang, which is "an illegal document through and through", said the spokesperson.
From: CHINA DAILY
China scales up support for elderly care, childcare industries
China has adopted a host of measures to support the elderly care and childcare industries to help them overcome difficulties, the country's top economic planner said on Sept. 1.
Some elderly care and childcare service providers have faced multiple challenges during the past two years due to the pandemic, Su Wei, an official with the National Development and Reform Commission, told a press conference.
From: Xinhua
Xi urges all-out rescue efforts after quake
President Xi Jinping called on Sept. 5 for all-out efforts to rescue people affected by the magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Luding county in southwestern China's Sichuan province, and he emphasized that saving lives and minimizing casualties should be the primary task.
Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks in an instruction shortly after the earthquake occurred.
From: China Daily Global
Multilingual versions of Xi's discourses on respecting and protecting human rights published
Multilingual versions of extracts from Xi Jinping's discourses on respecting and protecting human rights have been published by the Central Compilation and Translation Press.
The Chinese-Russian, Chinese-French, Chinese-Spanish and Chinese-Japanese versions of the discourses were compiled and translated by the Institute of Party History and Literature of the Communist Party of China Central Committee.
From: Xinhua
Chinese envoy calls for respect to state's right to choose human rights development path
The United Nations (UN) human rights office should respect the right of each state to choose independently the path for human rights development in accordance with their national conditions, the Chinese Ambassador to the UN in Geneva said on Sept. 13.
Speaking on behalf of a group of more than 30 countries, Chen Xu, China's permanent representative to the UN Office in Geneva, told the 51st Session of the Human Rights Council that mutual trust and respect is vital to ensure successful cooperation between the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and member states.
From: Xinhua
China Focus: China makes great strides in decade-long pursuit of better residential conditions
Nationwide efforts over the past 10 years have provided the Chinese people with a substantial increase in both the quantity and quality of homes, as well as improvements in urban and rural environments, coupled with the steady development of related industries.
Bent on providing everyone in China with a roof over their head, the country invested a record 14.8 trillion yuan (about 2.14 trillion U.S. dollars) in affordable housing in the past decade, helping to settle over 140 million people in new homes, Jiang Wanrong, vice minister of housing and urban-rural development, told a press conference on Sept. 14.
From: Xinhua
SPC mandates new requirement to protect juvenile victims
A new requirement has been released tasking courts with improving the manner in which they deal with information related to criminals convicted of sexually assaulting minors, in an effort to extend more robust protection to children.
The Supreme People's Court, China's top court, introduced the requirement on Sept. 14 at the 7th Meeting of Juvenile Panels, by calling on judges responsible for cases involving children to ensure the files of juvenile offenders are properly sealed.
From: chinadaily.com.cn
Ministry ensures rural students not left behind
Students living in rural areas have been given more opportunities to attend key university as a result of a national special enrollment project launched in 2012, the Ministry of Education said on Sept. 15.
The project, which reduces the university entrance requirements for those living rural areas, has led to the enrollment of more than 950,000 students over the past decade, said Wang Hui, director of the ministry's department of college students affairs.
From: chinadaily.com.cn
Fast progress achieved toward cleaner skies
Thanks to a 56 percent decrease in the annual average density of PM 2.5 particulate matter in 74 major cities in the past decade, China is now the country with the fastest progress in improving air quality, said Minster of Ecology and Environment, Huang Runqiu.
The average period of heavy air pollution in these cities has dropped by 87 percent, he said at a news conference organized by the Publicity Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Sept. 15.
From: chinadaily.com.cn
China advances implementation of Marrakesh Treaty for people with print disabilities
A meeting to advance the implementation of the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled was convened in Beijing on Sept. 16.
During the meeting organized by the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and the China Disabled Persons' Federation (CDPF), cooperation agreements were signed by relevant institutions to advance the treaty's implementation, and a proposal calling on society to remain aware of and support the cause was read.
From: Xinhua
Politicization of human rights denounced
Experts at an online human rights event called for eliminating the negative impact of the politicization of human rights and promoting the healthy development of international human rights causes through cooperation and dialogue.
The online event, with the theme of Risks and Problems of Politicization of International Human Rights, is an event held on the sidelines of the United Nations Human Rights Council 51st Session. It was hosted by Jilin University on Sept. 19.
From: China Daily
Elderly care beds in China have more than doubled since 2012
The number of beds at elderly care institutions across China has more than doubled since the end of 2012 to nearly 8.13 million in the first quarter of this year, officials said on Sept. 20.
Li Yongxin, deputy director of the Department of Elderly Care at the Ministry of Civil Affairs, said that central finance has dedicated 35.9 billion yuan ($5.12 billion) toward building elderly care facilities.
From: chinadaily.com.cn
Revised regulation to better safeguard criminal suspects' rights through bail reform
China's top judicial and public security authorities on Sept. 21 issued a revised regulation to protect the legitimate rights and interests of criminal suspects.
The revision of the regulation (originally released in 1999) has been jointly released by the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of State Security.
The revised regulation focuses on issues such as the right to bail for criminal suspects in pending trials and the procedure and rules for getting the bail money back.
From: CGTN
China's UN envoy rejects accusations over abuse of ethnic minorities
A Chinese envoy on Sept. 21 rejected accusations by the United States, Britain and the European Union that China commits human rights abuses against its ethnic minorities. China's permanent representative to the United Nations Zhang Jun called the accusations unfounded.
Speaking at a high-level meeting to mark the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities, Zhang said that over the past three decades, progress has been made in implementing the declaration.
From: Xinhua
China, like-minded countries call for more equitable development
China and a group of more than 30 countries on Sept. 21 called for people-centered development that ensures development gains are enjoyed on a larger scale and in a more equitable way.
This would especially help those in vulnerable and marginalized situations to have equal access to basic rights such as education, health care, housing and decent jobs, Chen Xu, China's permanent representative to the UN Office in Geneva said in a joint statement delivered at the ongoing 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council.
From: Xinhua
Climate governance linked to rights
Legal scholars from different countries shared their views on the human rights approach to climate change governance online and offline at Nankai University in Tianjin on Sept. 22.
Speaking at a sideline meeting of the ongoing 51st Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, they discussed environmental rights and litigation around climate change.
From: China Daily
Xinjiang makes progress in economic, social, human rights development
China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has made unprecedented progress in economic and social and human rights development, despite some Western politicians' insistence to turn a blind eye while spreading lies and false information about Xinjiang, Chen Xu, China's permanent representative to the UN Office in Geneva, said on Sept. 22.
Chen made the remarks at a publicity and orientation meeting titled "Progress in respecting and protecting human rights in Xinjiang, China," held jointly by the government of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and the Permanent Mission of China to the UN in Geneva, on the sidelines of the ongoing 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council.
From: CGTN
Decade of efforts to strengthen environmental laws
China has made consistent efforts to bolster environmental legislation and awareness of environmental rights in recent decades in a bid to improve human rights.
On July 28, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution recognizing the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment as a human right.
Tang Xianxing, deputy director of the Human Rights Center at Fudan University, said at an online side event to the ongoing 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council on Sept. 23 that China has included environmental rights into its system of human rights protection, which is of benefit in giving people their environmental rights.
From: China Daily
Nearly 70 countries say no to interference in China's internal affairs
Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Tibet related issues are China's internal affairs, and there should be no politicization of human rights and double standards, or interference in China's internal affairs under the pretext of human rights, a group of countries stressed on Sept. 26 at the on-going 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council.
A joint statement delivered by Pakistan on behalf of 68 States stressed that respect for sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of states and non-interference in internal affairs of sovereign states represent the basic norms governing international relations.
From: Xinhua
Nation always upholds people-centered rights
China has always upheld the people-centered perspective on human rights and takes the path to effectively meet the people's ever-growing need for a better life, experts said at an online meeting on Sept. 26.
The online meeting was a side event of the 51st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, with the theme of the People-Centered Philosophy — the Value Adherence of the Contemporary Chinese Perspective on Human Rights, which was sponsored by the China Foundation for Human Rights Development and hosted by Minzu University of China.
From: CHINA DAILY
Public security bureaus develop prevention system
China's public security departments have accelerated the development of a prevention and control system for public security risks over the past decade, effectively enhancing people's sense of security, officials with the Ministry of Public Security said on Sept. 27.
Public security departments are striving to promote the construction of a safe China. The number of criminal cases filed started to drop in 2015, while the detection rate has kept rising.
From: China Daily
China makes great strides in rural vitalization over past 5 years
China has made solid progress in pushing forward rural vitalization as planned over the last five years, the country’s top economic planner said on Sept. 28.
In 2018, China released a five-year plan for its rural vitalization strategy, mapping out a number of major projects, programs and actions. All 59 of the plan’s key tasks, including consolidating agricultural production capacity and improving the safety of drinking water in rural areas, have been carried out steadily and have yielded good results, Wu Xiao, an official from the National Development and Reform Commission, told a press conference.
From: Xinhua
Improved medical services at Chinese public hospitals over past decade
China has taken a slew of measures to upgrade medical services and strengthen capacity building at public hospitals over the past decade, said the National Health Commission (NHC).
The country has continued to promote the comprehensive reform and high-quality development of public hospitals, which are the mainstay of China's medical service system, the NHC said at a media conference on Sept. 28.
From: Xinhua
Scholars around the world praise China's shared future vision
On Sept. 29, scholars from China and abroad hailed the China-proposed vision of building a community with a shared future for mankind, saying it contributed to global human rights governance.
They made the remarks at a side event of the 55th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, which was sponsored by China Society for Human Rights Studies and held in an online and offline manner.
From: chinadaily.com.cn
Livelihoods of ethnic groups improved
China has attached great importance to improving the livelihoods of people from different ethnic groups and their human rights since 2012. Attempts to use ethnic and religious issues to create conflict in China will never succeed, said the deputy director of a Chinese association for promoting exchange in ethnic affairs.
In recent years, the United States and some other Western countries have worked closely with ethnic separatist forces to cook up a series of lies about China's ethnic affairs including that the Chinese government intends to wipe out ethnic cultures in the Xinjiang Uygur, Tibet and Inner Mongolia autonomous regions, Yang Yucheng, deputy director of China Ethnic Minorities' Association for External Exchange, said on Sept. 29.
From: China Daily
More benefits to Chinese females over past decade
Over the past decade, benefits to Chinese women have further increased, as shown by a series of facts and statistics, according to a press conference on Sept. 29.
During this time, women's federations at various levels in China have launched over 200,000 practical skill training sessions in rural areas, benefiting nearly 20 million female trainees, said the conference by the All-China Women's Federation.
From: Xinhua
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