THE SICHUAN EXPERIENCE In the quake-ravaged province, the Chinese people have rallied together to help victims rebuild their towns, confidence and lives

Hiding at the end of a brandnew mountain road,Hongbai Town,deep in the mountainous regions of Sichuan Province,welcomes visitors with its majestic two-story gray-and-white buildings and the smiling faces of its residents.The distinct local dialect fills the air as townspeople sit on bamboo chairs outside a convenience store and go about their daily routines.It is just another tranquil midday in this summer.     

The Environmental Right as a Human Right: Scientific Development and the Protection of Rights

As environmental issues are attracting domestic and international attention, protection of environmental rights is becoming increasingly     

The Return Of Putin

<正>Vladimir Putin is sure to win the Russian presidential election next year At a meeting of the ruling United Russia party on September 24,Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accepted a proposal by President Dmitry Medvedev to compete in next year’s     

Adding a French Touch Deep in Sichuan Province, a mountain town strives to re-brand itself as a romantic tourist destination

With French-style cobblestone streets,an eclectic mix of buildings and architecture,and the overall relaxing atmosphere,it's easy to get swept away by the fairy-tale-like experience of Bailu Town in Sichuan Province.The town,two hours away from the provincial capital Chengdu,is a cultural gem rarely seen in China's hinterland.     

Pick Yourself Up,Dust Yourself Off

WHEN you fall down, other people may try to help you, but you should get up by yourself, said Song Xiangli,     

Healing Angels From China

<正>Medical teams from China fight death and disease in the harshest environments in Africa One Sunday in early August,Chen Zhufeng,chief of a Chinese medical team in Tanzania,drove to check the water supply for his members in Tabora,a water-is-life place in Tanzania. Walking by a small reservoir,he was stopped by an old woman. She held up several eggs in her hands,begging Chen to accept them.     

政府在公立医院回归公益性改革中的主导作用探析

在市场经济大潮的冲击下,作为我国医疗机构主体的公立医院公益意识逐渐淡化,趋利行为日益突出。新医改方案明确了公立医院要遵循公益性质和社会效益原则。对照西方和我国以往经验,公立医院公益性淡化的突出原因是政府责任的缺失和错位。本文提出,政府在新医改过程中应采用多种措施主导公立医院回归公益性。     

Constructing Common Regulations of General Part of China's Environmental Code from the Perspective of Legal Order

Order comes first in legal values, while laws should maintain the consistency and stability of order. The proposed China's environmental code (Code) shall restate the prevailing environmental legal norms and optimize the prevailing environmental legal order. From the perspective of stabilizing the legal order, common regulations of General Part of the Code should connect with the constitution and the prevailing environmental laws, determine the legal values of the Code-governing environment, and provide the foundation and basic framework for each subsequent part of the Code. Therefore, common regulations of the Code should recognize and support the constitution order and bolster the emerging eco-environment legal order relating to the eco-civilization construction. They should be coherent, value-orientated, and independent, inheriting the general framework of the prevailing Environmental Protection Law of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and other specific environmental laws, and developing the applicable norms. Specifically, consistently with the legislative purposes, the Code common regulations should recognize the objectives of construction of eco-civilization and pursuit of social, economic and ecological sustainable development, and this pursuit should be carried out based on the basic principles; the application scope of ecological environment should be redefined in order to maintain the ecological value and overall ecological order; the clause on basic environmental obligations and the clause on citizens' environmental rights should be defined with the national environmental protection obligations as the main thread and the multi-player legal relationship as the framework; and the national environmental protection obligations should be preliminarily delivered with three clauses: national environmental protection financial support, environmental publicity and education, and global environmental governance.     

医疗损害赔偿案件中若干问题的思考

《侵权责任法》关于医疗损害责任的归责原则、免责事由、医疗机构实施过度医疗的责任以及患者知情权和隐私权的保护做出了更为明确和系统的规定,这在医疗损害赔偿立法史上是一个巨大的进步,对于维护医患双方的合法权益必将发挥重要的作用。     

责任政府建构:政府改革的路径选择——基于宁夏经验的反思

建构责任政府不仅是国内政治经济发展的需要,更是顺应了全球政府管理的趋势。在利益主体多元化的今天,政府改革在加强自身调整的同时,必须依靠社会组织和社会力量的参与和监督来规范行政行为,制约行政权力。