On Oct,8, Yu Zhengsheng, China's top political advisor, said that long-term stability and security are the top priorities in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. He stressed that counterterrorism will be the focus of the local government's work.

 

From: China Daily

 

 

On Oct.9, visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping put forward a six-pronged proposal for the next-stage development of China-U.S. relations.

 

Xi made the suggestions in his talks with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House, which culminated his four-day first state visit to the United States.

 

From: Xinhua

 

 

China will work hard to lift about 70 million people in rural areas out of poverty by the end of 2020, a senior official from the government's top task force on eliminating poverty said on Oct.12.

 

From: China Daily

 

 

The 9th China-Netherlands Human Rights Dialogue was co-hosted from October 8 to 9 in the Netherlands by Liu Hua, Special Representative for Human Rights Affairs of China’s Foreign Ministry and Kees Van Baar, Human Rights Ambassador of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Foreign affairs, judicial and security officials from the two countries attended the dialogue.

 

By:chinahumanrights.org

 

 

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with his Czech counterpart Lubomír Zaorálek on October 12 in Prague, capital of Czech Republic.

 

They exchanged views on economic and trade cooperation between the two countries and reached broad consensus.

 

From: chinahumanrights.org

 

 

Chen Zongrong, vice director of the State Administration for Religious Affair (SARA) met with the U.S. delegation led by Tom Malinowski, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor on October 14, 2015. Officials from the SARA, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and the American Embassy in China attended the meeting.

 

From: chinahumanrights.org

 

 

The Chinese government will enact more support policies to lift the country's 70 million poor people above the poverty line by 2020, President Xi Jinping pledged ahead of the 23rd International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on Oct.16.

 

From: Xinhua

 

 

On Oct.15, China criticized the U.S. State Department's annual religious freedom report, urging the country to stop interfering in China's internal affairs under the pretext of religious issues.

 

From: Xinhua

 

 

China will gradually postpone its statutory retirement age, as its workforce retires the earliest in the world, said an official on Oct 14.

 

The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security is set to publicize a reform plan on postponing the statutory retirement age, said minister Yin Weimin.

 

From:Xinhua

 

 

Xi Jinping's state visit to Britain from October 19 to 23 is important in itself, clearly illustrates the basis for mutually beneficial relations between different countries and shows principles for overcoming problems between states.

 

From: Xinhua

 

 

Chinese officials stressed international cooperation to relieve poverty worldwide while encouraging developing countries to learn from its own experience on Oct.17.

 

From:Xinhua

 

 

On Nov.17,a comprehensive guide to China's efforts to alleviate poverty was released in Beijing on the 23rd International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.

 

The yearbook produced by the International Poverty Reduction Center in China recorded China's accomplishments in 2014. The English version will be released soon.

 

From:chinadaily.com.cn

 

 

The number of organ transplants has hit a record high this year after voluntary organ donations became the only legitimate source. During the first nine months, the number of deceased organ donors reached over 2000 with more than 6000 organs donated. In addition, the number of living-donor (family members) transplantation reached more than 8000. Meanwhile, the quality of transplants has greatly improved. 

 

From: chinahumanrights.org

 

 

China’s per capita disposable income reached 16,367 yuan, a nominal growth of 9.2 percent year-on-year or a real growth of 7.7 percent after deducting price factors, which was 0.1 percentage point higher than that in the first half of the year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) revealed on Oct.19.

 

Per capita disposable income of urban residents reached 23,521 yuan, a nominal growth of 8.4 percent year-on-year or a real growth of 6.8 percent after deducting price factors. Per capita disposable income of rural residents reached 8,297 yuan, a nominal growth of 9.5 percent year-on-year or a real growth of 8.1 percent .

 

From:chinahumanrights.org

 

 

Ambassador Liu Xiaoming at the BBC thing as brand program "Newsnight" (Newsnight) studio to accept the show host Evan Davis (Evan Davis) live interview, Chairman Xi Jinping's state visit to Britain introduced the situation and answer questions about the Chinese economy, network security, Sino-British trade and economic and investment cooperation, human rights questions.

 

From: BBC

 

 

China will remove price controls on 80% items by the central government in order to give more roles to the market according to the new released pricing catalog by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) on Oct.21.

 

The government will have no pricing power on items not included in the new pricing catalog, which will take effect on January 1, 2016.

 

So far, the prices of 97 percent of the commodities and services have been decided by the market and the price reform will not influence the livelihood of low-income residents.

 

From: chinahumanrights.org

 

 

More than 53,000 couples in Beijing have applied for a second child since the city changed its birth control policy in early 2014.

 

By the end of September, 53,034 couples in Beijing had submitted applications, among which 48,392 couples were approved. Of the potential mothers, 57 percent were aged between 31 and 35 years old.

 

From: Xinhua

 

 

Social development and improving people's livelihoods form the major part of China's next five-year development plan, according to a leading economist and adviser on drafting of the blueprint.

 

From:China Daily

 

 

More than 85.7 percent of them are "fairly" or "relatively happy", according to a newly published report on the happiness index of women in Shanghai.

 

Most women in Shanghai think that happiness comes from one's own physical and mental health. Only 12.5 per cent of respondents are of the opinion that happiness comes from high income and a wealthy life.

 

From: People's Daily Online

 

 

China will allow all couples to have two children, abandoning its decades-long one-child policy, the Communist Party of China (CPC) announced after a key meeting on Oct.29.

 

From: Xinhua

 

 

The 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-15) period has seen great improvements being made in the income distribution system. In February 2013, the authorities decided to further improve the income distribution system, increase urban and rural residents' incomes, narrow the income gap and manage income distribution according to the Guideline on Deepening Reform of Income Distribution System, which spelt out the overall demand and target of the income distribution system reform during the 12th Five-Year Plan period.

 

From: Xinhua

 

 

“Development is both the foundation of peace and the sole route towards the realization of human rights. Only through development can people's aspiration for a better life be fulfilled and human rights and human dignity truly safeguarded,” said Liu Jieyi, China’s permanent representative to the UN at a general debate on human rights at the Third Committee of the 70th Session of the UN General Assembly, or the Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural Committee (SOCHUM) on October 30, 2015.

 

From: chinahumanrights.org

 

 

China unveiled a rural reform plan on Nov.2, underscoring the importance of developing modern agriculture and raising farmers' income.

 

The outline, released by the State Council, China's cabinet, said that by 2020 the agricultural management and rural collective property rights systems will both be improved, and reforms to the rural land system will be rolled out as pilot programs.

 

From: Xinhua

 

 

President Xi Jinping called for the prompt execution of changes to the household registration system, according to a document issued by the Communist Party of China on Nov.3, 2015.

 

From: Xinhua

 

 

“China’s human rights guarantee based on law and people’s democracy will be further improved during the 13th Five-Year period,” Chang Jian, vice director of the Human Rights Research Center of Nankai University, said to CRI online.

 

Chang said there are mainly two aspects closely related to human rights in the newly-released 13th Five-Year Plan. One is the principle of shared development which puts people at the first place during development instead of focusing on GDP as the biggest indicator of growth.

 

The other aspect is to protect civil rights. In particular, the democratic negotiation should be strengthened when it comes to interests closely related to people’s livelihood. If more people have a say in policy-making, people’s political rights will be better guaranteed.

 

From: chinahumanrights.org

 

 

The UN Committee against Torture (CAT) will meet at the Palais Wilson in Geneva from November 9 to December 9 to examine measures adopted by Liechtenstein, Azerbaijan, Austria, Denmark, China and Jordan to prevent and punish acts of torture. 

 

Shadow reports are a method for NGOs to supplement or provide an alternative point of view to governmental reports that states are required to submit under international treaties. The shadow report submitted by Professor Zhang expounded China’s implementation of the Convention and proposed opinions and suggestions about preventing cruel punishment in China.

 

From: chinahumanrights.org

 

 

China will promote the integration of health care with elderly care to address its aging population, an official statement showed on Nov.11.

 

These efforts will benefit millions of Chinese families and create numerous jobs, according to a statement released after an executive meeting of the State Council, China's cabinet, presided over by Premier Li Keqiang.

 

From: Xinhua

 

 

China will focus on improving the quality of instead of the quantity of school courses as an effort to promote universal education for high school students, said the Ministry of Education on Nov.11.

 

Moral education for students must be put in first place and China should popularize and improve high school education at the same time, Liu Limin, deputy head of the ministry, made the remarks on a seminar held in Beijing on Nov.11.

 

From: Xinhua

 

 

The number of floating people - those who left their places of origin to seek employment or education elsewhere - is expected to increase by 6 million annually in the next five years to hit 291 million in 2020, a government report said on Nov.11.

 

The report, which was released by the National Health and Family Planning Commission, said China had 253 million floating people at the end of 2014. The number represents about one sixth of the country's total population.

 

From: Xinhua

 

 

According to the proposals that constitute the 13th Five-Year Plan issued recently, China will strengthen the reform of household registration system, which will give migrant workers who have stable job and income in cities and towns urban residence permits and allow them to move to cities and towns with their families.

 

It means migrant workers could be urban residents with legal status.

 

From: People's Daily Online

 

 

China will intensify counter terrorism security measures following the Paris attacks that so far claimed 132 innocent lives and injured hundreds of people on Nov.13, public security authorities said on Nov.15.

 

From: China Daily

 

 

China's major cities should reach their targets in reducing major air pollutants by 2017 as planned, experts said, though ozone poses a more stubborn problem.

 

Among the six major air pollutants listed in the Action Plan on Air Pollution Control and Prevention, the concentrations of five saw significant decreases in 2014 in 74 major cities, according to the Ministry of Environmental Protection.

 

From: China Daily

 

 

Chinese ambassador to the UN Office in Geneva has submitted the Instrument of Ratification of the 2006 Maritime Labor Convention (MLC) to the International Labour Organization (ILO), marking China's ratification of and entry into the 2006 MLC, according to the Ministry of Transport of China. 

 

From: chinahumanrights.org

 

 

China's top political advisor Yu Zhengsheng has called for "precise" poverty relief measures as the country plans to lift all its people out of poverty by 2020.

 

From: Xinhua

 

 

College students who lose creditability might be dismissed, according to a draft amendment issued by the Ministry of Education on Nov.17.

 

The amendment on student creditability education was first adopted into the guidelines for colleges. It urged colleges to carry out creditability education and establish creditability records.

 

From: Ecns.cn

 

 

A collection of speeches and works by Hu Yaobang, the late general-secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), has been published by the People's Publishing House.

 

The book, released to commemorate what would have been Hu's 100th birthday on Nov. 20, includes writing and speeches from 1952 to 1986, many of which published for the first time, according to the publisher's statement issued on Nov.19,2015.

 

From: Xinhua

 

 

All students in compulsory education will receive free textbooks starting from the spring semester of 2017, the finance and education ministries announced on Nov.20.

 

Yu Weiping, vice-finance minister, said the students will also be exempt from tuition and other education fees.

 

The Chinese government started offering free textbooks in 2008, and a report released last year by the China National Center for Student Financial Aid showed that in 2013, about 86 percent of the 138 million students in the nine-year compulsory education period were using free textbooks.

 

The new policy will cover students from private schools.

 

From: China Daily

 

 

Tibet Autonomous Region in southwest China plans to raise its average life expectancy by two years to 70 in five years, a local official has said.

 

From: Xinhua

 

 

The Seminar on Teaching Methods of Child Protection was held by the Research Center for Human Rights of Nankai University on November 10 and 11, 2015.

 

Teachers and human rights scholars attended the seminar, including Professor Xue Jinwen, Party Secretary of Nankai University and Director of Research Center for Human Rights, child protection experts from Denmark, and over 60 primary and high school teachers from the affiliated schools of Nankai University.

 

The seminar aimed to spread knowledge of child protection to primary and high school teachers.

 

From: chinahumanrights.org

 

 

China and Germany held "candid" and "in-depth" talks during their 13th Human Rights Dialogue in Beijing on Nov.24, according to an official press release.

 

The two sides exchanged views on new development in fields of human rights, different understandings of the human rights concept, human rights judicial protection and other affairs, said the press release.

 

From: Xinhua

 

 

Around 138 million Chinese students will benefit from a system that ensures funds for compulsory education beginning in 2016, the Ministry of Education (MOE) said on Nov.26.

 

From: Xinhua

 

 

China's top leadership on Saturday pledged resolute measures to help the remaining 70 million poor people shake off poverty and enjoy essential social services by 2020.

 

From: Xinhua

 

 

On Nov.29, Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Paris to attend the opening ceremony of an international conference on climate change.

 

From: Xinhua

 

 

A total of 9,542 disabled students were admitted to universities including 7,864 to higher institutions and the rest to colleges for special education, according to an evaluation report on special education released by the Ministry of Education recently.  
 

From: chinahumanrights.org

 

 

By the end of 2014, China's population of 60 years of age and above reached 212 million, accounting for 15.5 percent of the total population, making China the country with most aging population in the world, says a report.

 

The "2015 Report on China's Large and Medium-Sized Cities Employee Pension Reserve Index" jointly was released by Insurance Association of China, Institute for Social Security Research of Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and other three institutes on Nov. 29.

 

The report shows that China's population aging has been severe.

 

According to the report, the employees of state-owned companies have the highest pension reserve since their job positions are relatively stable and the supporting measures are in place, followed by the employees of foreign-funded enterprises and the employees of private enterprises have the lowest pension reserve. 

 

From: People's Daily Online

 

 

Beijing again vowed that it would strongly rein in its population growth and set a ceiling of 23 million as the capital grapples with a shortage of water resources and a looming limit in carrying capacity.

 

From: chinadaily.com.cn

 

 

On November 30, 2015, the 34th China-EU Human Rights Dialogue was held in Beijing. The dialogue was co-chaired by Director-General of the Department of International Organizations and Conferences of the Foreign Ministry Li Junhua and Managing Director for Asia-Pacific Department of the European External Action Service Ugo Astuto of the EU, and attended by representatives from Supreme People's Court, the United Front Work Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, the Law Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), State Ethnic Affairs Commission, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, Ministry of Environmental Protection, National Health and Family Planning Commission and State Administration of Religious Affairs. Both sides exchanged views on new progress and cooperation in human rights area, human rights and environmental protection, social integration and human rights and other issues, holding that the dialogue was candid, comprehensive and deep and promoted mutual understanding. 

 

From: Ministry of Foreign Affairs

 

 

Over ten provinces have released their provincial 13th Five Year Plan (FYP) as of December 1, 2015. They pledge to “double their 2010 GDP and per capita income for both urban and rural residents by 2020” and realize the goal of poverty alleviation in advance.

 

From: chinahumanrights.org

 

 

A green book on population and labor has advised authorities to postpone the statutory retirement age to 65 starting in 2018, Chinanews.com reported.

 

From: Ecns.cn

 

 

China is mulling measures to assist the 13 million people who haven't been registered in its household system,also known as "hukou". The issue was one of the major topics at a meeting of the Ministry of Public Security held over the weekend.

 

From: Ecns.cn