Push for New Developments in China’s Human Rights

In June 2012,with the approval of the State Council,the State Council Information Office issued the National Human Rights Action Plan(2012-15)(the"Action Plan"),the second national plan under the same theme.In the past two years,under the leadership of the CPC Central Committee and General Secretary Xi Jinping,the Action Plan     

Origin of the ＂Easl Turkistan＂ Issue

The term ＂Turkistan＂ appeared in Arabic geographical works in the Middle Ages. It meant ＂the region of the Turks＂ and referred to the areas north of the Sir River in Central Asia and the adjoining areas to the east of the river. With the evolution of history, the modem ethnic groups in Central Asia were established one after another. By the 18th century, the geographical concept of ＂Turkistan＂ was already very vague,     

Yan＇an： Red Capital,Green Revolution

YAN’AN on the Loess Plateau is known as the red cradle of the Chinese Revolution. It was here, from 1935 to 1947, that the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and Mao Zedong directed the resistance against the Japanese invasion behind enemy lines and fought the Liberation War against the reactionary rule of the Kuomintang, laying a solid foundation for the People’s Republic of China.     

Being and Nothingness, Chinese Style

THE two centuries from the founding of the Wei Kingdom in 220 to the end of the Jin Dynasty in 420 were punctured by chronic wars and frequent regime changes. To stay out of the ugly and bloody political strife, philosophers of the time turned away from the brutality of politics and started exploring the ontological existence of the world, building on the cosmology of the previous Han Dynasty. Studies on the relationship between being (you) and nothingness (wu) flourished, becoming Neo-Daoism in the Wei-Jin Period.     

Intercity Information

Beijing Beijing has a history of 3,000 years.Its scenic grandeurembraces the Forbidden City(Palace Museum).the largestpalace complex in the world;Tian’anmen Square,the biggestsquare in the world and site of the Mao Zedong MemorialHall;and the Summer Palace in Beijing's northwest suburbs.the world's largest imperial garden.Beijing's most memora-ble feature is undoubtedly the Great Wall,one of the sevenwonders of the world.     

胡锦涛致信中国人权研究会强调— 一如既往坚持以人为本 切实推动人权事业发展

Chinese President Hu Jintao has vowed the Chinese people will, as always, work together with the international community to promote healthy development of the human rights cause in the world. Hu made the remarks in a letter to the China Society for Human Rights Studies on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the publication of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.     

Contribution of Development of China's Higher Education to Human Rights Undertaking

Human rights are the rights and freedoms of humans in their nature, and represent the basic conditions for the free and complete development of the humankind. The educational develop- ment level is an important mark of the level of realization of human rights. China＇s higher education realized the historic development in the 1998- 2007 period, and the number of the enrolled students at common colleges and universities across the nation had exploded from 3.4 million to 18.85 million, the number one in the world.     

Tibet Implementing Essential Medicines SYstem

On the eve of the official opening of the ASEAN Free Trade Zone, the Yunnan sections of international highways--for example the Kunming-Bangkok （Thailand） Road, the Kunming-Hanoi （Vietnam） Road and the Kunming-Mandalay-Myitkyina （Burma） Road--have all achieved the status of high-grade highways.     

Rule of Law Fully Founded

Governing the country according to the law and building a socialist state with rule of law are fundamental strategies for running the country under the leadership of the Communist Party of China. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, especially over the past three decades of reform and opening-up, through the unremitting efforts of the national People's Congress and its Standing Committee, the State Council, the local people's congresses and their standing committees, as well as all secto...     

Exchange Is at the Heart of Culture——Interview with Mathias Lafolie,Cultural Counselor at the Swedish Embassy in Beijing

THIS year marks the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the People’s Republic of China and the Kingdom of Sweden.To learn more about the relationship between the two cultures,China Today interviewed Mathias Lafolie,the Cultural Counselor at the Swedish Em-     

Xinghai Bay Central Business District

As site of the Central Business District, Xinghai Bay is at the forefront of Dalian’s opening to the outside world.DALIAN is a coastal city on the southern tip of the Liaodong Peninsula in Northeast China. Of the 30 bays of various sizes that are scattered along its 1,906km coastline, Xinghai Bay has the distinction of being at the heart of the city. As site of the Central Business District, Xinghai Bay is at the forefront of Dalian’s opening to the outside world.     

INTERN AFFAIRS

A favorite summer activity for Chinese students is the internship - but is it worth the trouble?GLOBULES of sweat splash off the desk as the invigilators gather up the last of the exam pa- pers. Somewherein the distance a shrill bell sounds, and a stampede of students charges down the steps and out the college gates for a two month break from the books. Many full-time employees today recall such a scenario with the fondest of memories - school's out for the summer. Two long months to slouc…     

A Priority for Progress

One of the focuses of the annual meetings of the National People's Congress,the national legislature,and the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference,the top political advisory body,is the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) and the longrange objectives through the year 2035.Urbanization is an essential part of this focus as it is directly connected with the balanced development of different regions.     

Significance of Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Its Impact on Matters Related to Persons with Disabilities in China

On December 13, 2006, the 61th UN General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. This is the first legally binding international instrument dedicated to the protection of the rights of persons with disabilities and the latest effort by the international community     

A Cultural Journey Through European Civilization in Beijing

正LI Sisi,a sophomore of the Central Academy of Fine Arts,cannot take her eyes off a bust of the Goddess Isis.She marvels at the perfection of the statue dated to 150-250,taking photos of it from different angles.On the other side of the exhibition hall at the National Museum of China(NMC)in central Beijing,a middle-aged couple is looking for the route of the Crusades on a map of the ancient Mediterranean.Such scenes replay every day at the"Mediterranean World from the Collections of the Musée du     

UN Landmark Convention of Rights of Disabled People——Interview with Zhang Guozhong of the China Federation for Disabled Persons

The 61st UN General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in New York City on December 13,2006. This is the first legally binding international convention on the protection of the rights of disabled persons, the first of its kind in the history of the United Nations. It is also the latest efforts of the international community to protect and promote human rights and development of persons with disabilities. On March 30,2007, China signed the Convention. The following is an interview with Mr. Zhang Guozhong of the International Department of the China Federation for Disabled Persons, who witnessed the whole process of the negotiations on the Convention:     

A Brush with Red History

Jinggangshan in the Luoxiao Mountains on the border between Jiangxi and Hunan provinces was headquarters of the Communist forces from October 1927 to February 1930.In the darkest days of the Chinese revolution the Red Army led by Mao Zedong established the first rural revolutionary base in this geographic fold,putting into practice Mao’s military strategy of "establishing base areas in the countryside and finally seizing the cities." The principle led to the overthrow of the old regime and the founding of the People’s Republic of China.     

中国祠祀建筑群——晋祠

Jinci was called as the Tem-ple of the Emperor of Shanxi and it was built to memorize Ji Yu, the first emperor of Shanxi in the an-cient time who was the second son of the Emperor Zhou Wu and the brother of the Emperor Zhou Cheng. Ji Yu was the prince in Tang and people called him as the Uncle of the Emperor then the temple was called as Tangshuyu Temple (Shu means uncle). The temple was enlarged during Tian-bao Period of Northern Qi Dynasty (550 A.C.-559 A.C.) and changed the name …     

China Tries RMB Regionalization Measure

ON March 23, 2009, Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of the People＇s Bank of China, published his article,“Thoughts on the Reform of the International Monetary System,”which has attracted considerable public interest. What is the future of the RMB in the current gloomy global economic environment？ Xia Bin, president of the Financial Research Institute of the Development Research Center of the State Council, hit the mark with the comment, “China is not pursuing the optimum target of complete intema-tionalization of the RMB, but a suboptimal one： gradual regionalization of the currency.”     

Return to Human Orientation:Route for China to Secure Human Rights in 21st Century

The 30 years of reform and opening up in China have given birth to the fast economic development, the ever-changing look of the society and the great changes in the modernization construction that has caught the eyeballs from the entire world.