A white paper issued by the State Council Information Office on Friday lauded remarkable progress in the law-based protection of human rights over the past five years.According to the paper, titled New Progress in the Legal Protection of Human Rights in China, the country has opened a new era.The paper expounded on the progress in human rights protection in six parts - improving the legal framework to ensure human rights; promoting law-based administration; enhancing judicial protection of human rights; consolidating social mechanisms; strengthening Party leadership in the legal protection of human rights; and promoting the development of global human rights.Efforts to protect human rights in China have made much headway and are contributing to the diversity of human civilization and providing Chinese wisdom and solutions to promote social progress, it said.China has improved legislation to better protect the civil and political rights of its people by revising the Criminal Law; and to promote humanitarianism, China has implemented the amnesty system stipulated in its Constitution, the paper said.China has also improved its laws to protect special groups. The paper noted the enactment of the Anti-Domestic Violence Law, making clear the legal liabilities of perpetrators and the procedures to be followed by investigators to protect victims.China has also enhanced judicial protections for human rights. Efforts to prevent and correct wrongful convictions included the correction of 37 major cases of miscarriage of justice involving 61 people, as well as the acquittal of 4,032 defendants under the law from 2013 to 2017, it said.Since 2013, procuratorates have withheld their approval of 2,624 arrests and declined to prosecute 870 cases because of illegally obtained evidence.China has fought corruption to guarantee people's interests. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, for example, has investigated more than 440 Party-member officials at or above provincial level and other senior officials since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, it said.The white paper said China has been actively promoting the development of global human rights under the rule of law.From 1990 to August this year, 36,000 Chinese military personnel were sent abroad to take part in 24 UN peacekeeping operations. This year, China created a peacekeeping standby force of 8,000 troops.Xinhua charity silicone wristbandscustomise fidget spinnerjordan wristbandhow to make rubber braceletsrubber wristbands in bulk
A flag-raising ceremony is held to celebrate the 21st anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland in Hongkong on Sunday morning. [Photo/Xinhua] Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, said on Sunday she has even greater confidence in Hong Kong a year after taking office, thanks to strong support from the central government and joint efforts from different sectors. She made the remark to about 2,000 guests, including representatives of the central government and the SAR government, foreign diplomats in Hong Kong and local dignitaries, at a reception celebrating the 21st anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland on Sunday morning after a flag-raising ceremony. Lam attributed her confidence to the central government's strong support and President Xi Jinping's care for Hong Kong. During his three-day inspection tour from June 29 to July 2 last year, marking the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the mainland, Xi expressed his cordial care for Hong Kong and gave four imperatives. Xi's visit created the exceptionally favorable ground for the current-term Hong Kong government to run the city in accordance with the law, assume a proactive role, develop the economy and improve people's livelihoods, Lam said. Over the past year, Hong Kong maintained robust economic growth, recording a 3.8 percent increase in real gross domestic product in 2017, followed by 4.7 percent in the first quarter of 2018. The unemployment rate dropped to a 20-year low of 2.8 percent. Lam and the SAR government's work and achievement during the past year was recognized by Wang Zhimin, director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the SAR, who said at a separate event on Sunday that her first year was a good start. Wang said Lam and the SAR government managed the city in accordance with the law and implemented the one country, two systems principle by making full use of Hong Kong's unique competitiveness and actively joining the national development. Wong Kwok-kin, a Legislative Council member from the city's biggest labor union, said Lam is bold and resolute in building public trust in the government, improving the administrative-legislative relationship and fostering social cohesion. Starry Lee Wai-king, chairwoman of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong, the city's largest political party, agreed with Wong. Lee noted that in the past year there was an increase in the number of bills and the amount of works funding passed by the Legislative Council. After assuming office, the chief executive has attended legislative meetings often to answer questions from lawmakers. Enhanced communication between the government and the legislature means greater efficiency, Lee said. Speaking of the government's work in the future, Lam emphasized the importance of engaging young people. The government has been providing young people with more opportunities to take up internships on the Chinese mainland for deeper understanding of national developments and to participate in the Hong Kong SAR's affairs. And Hong Kong youth today enjoy bright prospects and abundant opportunities presented by the Belt and Road Initiative and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area development. Young people should aspire to develop into a new generation with a sense of national identity, an affection for Hong Kong and an international perspective, who are also passionate about and committed to the well-being of the Hong Kong community, Lam said.
