Advancing Rule of Law in Human Rights Protection While Developing a “Socialist Rule of Law System with Chinese Characteristics”

It is very timely and necessary for us to hold this seminar in the beautiful Suzhou Campus of Renmin University of China to deeply study and implement the decisions of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 18th Communist Party of China(CPC)Central Committee,push forward the construction of China’s rule of law and jointly discuss the development of China’s human rights cause.     

Religious Architecture

The main religions of ancient China were Buddhism，Taoism and Islam, of which Buddhism was the most widespread. As a result, Buddhist temples and towers are found all over China, and have become important components of the country‘s ancient architecture.     

CSHRS Issues China Human Rights Development Report 2014

<正>The China Society for Human Rights Studies(CSHRS)issued on August 6 the China Human Rights Development Report 2014(human rights blue book),which is the fourth of its kind in China.The blue book analyzes the connotation of the Chinese Dream and explained the significance of the Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.The blue book summarizes the general characteristics of China’s human     

Promising Future for Sino-Lebanese Relations——An Interview with Lebanese Ambassador to China Fared Abboud

正ON the occasion of the 43rd anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Lebanon,China Today interviewed Lebanon’s ambassador to China Fared Abboud about the history of Sino-Lebanese relations and the prospects for its future development.China Today:What have been the most significant developments in the history of Sino-Lebanese relations?     

Romanian Folk Treasure Exhibited in China

The compilation of a collection of five books or book series on China＇s ethnic issues, including China＇s Ethnic Mhaorities; A Brief History of China＇s Ethm＇c Minorities Series, A Brief Language History of China＇s Ethnic Minorities Series, A Brief Introduction to National Autonomous Regions Series, and Journal Series of Sociological and Historical Surveys on China＇s Ethnic Minorities, was organized by the State Ethnic Affairs Commission. The collection is a systematic presentation of the life situations of ethnic minorities in China and the achievements made in ethnic affairs. The now complete collection comprises 419 volumes of 351 kinds, amounting to a total of 100 million Chinese characters.     

Spanish Local Delegation of Autonomous Region of Valencia in China

From November 11 to 24, 2005, the local delegation of Valencia led by Francisco Ribes, president of the Association of Friends of China of the Autonomous Region of Valencia, Spain, visited Beijing, Ningbo, Wuxi and Shanghai at the invitation of the CPAFFC. Traditional Friendship As the secretary-general of the Valencian Federation of Provinces and Municipalities, Francisco Ribes were invited to China in 1991 and 1992. After assuming the presidency of the Association of Friends of China of Valencia, he came to visit China several times. He is friendly to China and actively promotes the cultural, economic and trade exchanges between Spain and China and the development of friendly relations between the provinces and municipalities of the two countries.     

An Informative Read

正Xi Jinping:The Governance of China(Volume Ⅱ) contributes to understanding of Xi Jinping’s thoughts on the CPC,China’s future path of development,and the nation’s policies A little over three years ago,the State Council Information Office of China,the Party Literature Research Office of the Communist Party of China(CPC)Central Committee and the China International Publishing Group(CIPG)edited and published Xi Jinping:The     

Thinking from the Heart!

AN American investment banker and a longtime China observer, Dr. Robert Lawrence Kuhn became a household name in China as the author of The Man Who Changed China： The Life and Legacy of Jiang Zemin, a best-seller in 2005 demonstrating the life of China＇s former president. The success of this book facilitated his subsequent work in this country. His experiences, accumulated over four years of crisscrossing the nation and dozens of interviews with officials at all levels, have been published in his new book： How China＇s Leaders Think.＂ The Inside Story of China＇s Reform and What This Means for the Future.     

Business in Brief

Four Major Commercial Banks to Carry out Reforms In the coming five years, China's solely state-owned commercial banks -- the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the Agricultural Bank of China, the Construction Bank of China, and the Bank of China --…     

Poised for IPO

Financial uncertainties test the management expertise of Agricultural Bank of China before it becomes listed on China’s stock markets Agricultural Bank of China Ltd.     

More Active Involvement

Statistics from China’s central bank,the People’s Bank of China(PBC),reveal China’s strong position as a global leader in green finance.According to the PBC data,by the end of 2020,China was number one globally in terms of green loans and second in terms of green bonds.The PBC data also showed the balance of China’s loans in the green energy sector had surpassed the combined balance of loans in the three high energy-consuming industries of iron and steel,coal,and nonferrous metals,a signifier that green finance in China is booming.     

From Three-Self to Three-Good

This year marks the 200th anniversary of Robert Morrison’s arrival in China. Morrison (1782-1834), a Scot, was the first Western Protestant missionary ever to come to China. China Today interviewed Mei Kangjun, executive deputy secretary general of the National Committee of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement of Protestant Churches of China, asking him about the introduction of Christianity into China and its development in the country.     

Civil Affairs and Administrative Division

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SPOTLIGHTS

China Launches Project to Help Children of Migrant Workers, China Sees 30% Drop in Death Penalty,China Issues Draft Implementation Regulations for Labor Contract Law to Solicit Public Opinion,Tibet Gives Temporary Monthly Subsidy to Low-Income Families,China Protects Human Rights of Criminals,Program Launched in China to Tackle Human Health Impact of Climate Change.     

Theoretical Innovations in the Marxist Theory of Human Rights in China Since Reform and Opening-up

<正>Since the reform and openingup period began in China in late 1978,the Communist Party of China(CPC)has led the Chinese people to combine the Marxist theory of human rights with real conditions,the characteristics of the times,the historical traditions and the culture of human rights in China,in a bid to solve the"special"issues of China’s human rights development,continue to achieve theoretical innovation,and promote the healthy development of China’s human rights cause.The major theoretical     

Tackle Challenges with Courage and Wisdom

Challenges for China:How the CPC Makes Progress Edited by Xie Chuntao Price:RMB 68Paperback,276 pages Published by New World Press ON or around the 90th anniversary in 2011 of the establishment of the Communist Party of China,a series of political books on the China model and the governance experience of the CPC appeared on the domestic publishing market.They included Zhang Weiwei’s China     

China’s First Blue Book on Human Rights Development

The China Society for the Studies of human Rights and the Social Sciences Documentation Press held a joint press conference on September 8, 2011, officially launching the publication of China’s first blue book, the China human Rights Development Report no. 1 (2011). Present at the briefing were Luo haocai, president of the China Society for human Rights Studies, vice-chairman of the national Committee of the 10th Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and former chairman of the China Zhi Gong Dang and head of the editorial committee of the     

SPOTLIGHTS

China to Improve National Orphan Support System China planed on building an orphan support system that was as modern as the current level of social-economic development, said Sun Shaocheng, vice minister of China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs     

Focus

China Suspends Imports of Certain U.S. Frozen Meat Products,Shortfall in the Supply of Housing Loans Predicted for 2008,China Has 15 Million Teenage Smokers,China Becomes Main Target of Anti-dumping Probes.     

Academic Symposium on China＇s Human Rights Development

To mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 30th anniversary of China＇ s reform and opening up, the China Society for Human Rights Studies （CSHRS） held an academic symposium named China＇s Thirty Years of Reform and Opening up and Human Rights Development, on December 2-3, 2008 in Beijing. Attending were Wang Chen, deputy head of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China （CPC） Central Committee and director of the State Council Information Office, and Luo Haocai, president of the CSHRS. Both spoke at the symposium, which gathered some 60 human rights experts from all over China.