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Government plan to improve people’s rights
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CHINA is promising more efforts to prioritize development of ethnic-minority areas and protect the rights and interests of ethnic minorities, according to an action plan released yesterday.
The right of ethnic minorities to participate in the management of state and social affairs on an equal footing shall be guaranteed by the state, said the National Human Rights Action Plan of China (2016-2020) issued by the Information Office of the State Council.
It also said the proportion of women delegates to people’s congresses and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference committees at all levels will be gradually increased, as will the proportion of women in the leadership of congresses, governments and CPPCC committees. By 2020, women members will make up over 30 percent of villagers’ committees, over 10 percent of villagers’ committee chairpersons, and about 50 percent of urban residents’ committees.
The state will also enhance prevention and treatment of childhood diseases and injuries. By 2020 the mortality rate of infants and children under 5 shall be no higher than 7.5 per 1,000 and 9.5 per 1,000, respectively, it said.
A mechanism to address the aging population will be developed to effectively protect the legal rights and interests of elderly people, it said, adding that the old-age service market will be fully open, and various market players will be encouraged to increase the provision of old-age services and products by a number of means, such as buying services and equity cooperation.
By 2020 old-age service facilities will appear in over 90 percent of urban communities and 60 percent of rural communities, it said.
The protection of the rights and interests of disabled people will be improved, the level of social security and basic public services for them raised, and efforts will be made to bring them more opportunities to participate in social life on an equal footing.
Under the plan, community-based rehabilitation services will be promoted for mental patients. By 2020 there will be one mental health social welfare center at each prefecture-level city, and over 70 percent of counties will have a community-based rehabilitation institution for mental disorders or entrust social organizations to carry out rehabilitation services through services purchased by the government.
Public awareness
In addition, China will standardize the work of national human rights education and training bases.
China will intensify its efforts to promote human rights education and training over the next five years to enhance public awareness of the importance of human rights, the plan says.
There are plans to set up a human rights research platform to provide intellectual support for human rights.
Human rights knowledge will be included in the education of Party committees, in the curriculums for Party schools, cadre colleges and administration institutes at all levels, and also made a required course for government employees, including judges, prosecutors and police officers at the beginning of their careers or during training, the action plan states.
Human rights knowledge will be integrated into teaching activities of elementary and middle schools in flexible and diverse ways, with human rights training provided for preschool, elementary and secondary school teachers, it says.
China will continue to support human rights education in institutions of higher learning, as well as in enterprises and public institutions.
It also plans to develop five new human rights education and training bases by 2020, train more personnel, invest more money, and build new-type and high-end human rights think tanks with Chinese characteristics, the action plan says.
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