Advancing Human Rights

Editor’s note:Amid the country’s ongoing efforts to work out the National Human Rights ActionPlan of China(2012-2015),WangChen,minister of the State Council Information Office, gave an interview to Xinhua News Agency on Wednesday about the new program. The following are excerpts of what he said:     

Tibet Advances Amidst Challenges in 2009

For Tibet, the ＂roof of the world,＂ 2009 was an unusual year. It is the first year following the March 14, 2008 Riots in Lhasa that stunned China and the rest of the world. It is a year when the world financial crisis wrecked havoc and a serious draught hit Tibet following a rare snowstorm that hit southern Tibet and an earthquake measuring 6.6 degrees on the Richter scale that hit the Dangxiong area in the region.     

A Promising Path

<正>Key meeting ahead of the 19th CPC National Congress emphasizes adherence to socialism with Chinese characteristics President Xi Jinping has called for upholding the banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics on the road toward victory in building a well-off society and realizing the Chinese dream of national rejuvenation.     

For the People:A 90-Year-Old Doctrine

Zhang Side,a soldier of the Chinese Communist Party’s Eighth Route Army, did not die a hero’s death in the war against Japanese invaders. Instead,he lost his young life at the age of 29 when making charcoal in a woods in northwest China after a kiln collapsed.     

White Paper： China＇s Policies toward Ethnic Minorities Well Fit National Conditions and Win Support from All Nationalities

The State Council Information Office published on September 27, 2009, a white paper entitled China＇ s Policies toward Minorities and Common Prosperity and Development of All Nationalities. The white paper says that the policies well fit the national conditions and are correct. They are instrumental to promoting harmonious coexistence of all nationalities that work with one heart and one mind and in mutual cooperation; they have helped open up a good national situation characterized by economic development, political stability,     

Tibet’s Dramatic Changes Over the Last 60 Years

The days when Wangdu was a serf are long gone, since democratic reform in Tibet in 1959 declared the end of serfdom there.However,he won fame and was remembered as Serf Champa.The former serf enjoyed his time in the limelight in 1963,when the film Serf starring Wangdu was shown across China.