简介：BackinAugust2004,theStand-ingCommitteeoftheNationalPeople'sCongress,thehighestlegislatureofChina,publishedtheDecisiononImprovingthePeople'sAssessorSystem(hereinafterreferredtoastheDecision).SinceitbecameeffectiveonMay1,2005,theDecisionhasprovedimportanttoensuringtherightofcitizenstoparticipateinactivitiesofadjudi-cationinaccordancewiththelaw.Ithashelpedexpandjudicialdemocracyandsafe-guardthelegitimaterightsandinterestsofthelitigantparties.

简介：AlargescalehumanrightsexhibitionwasheldinsidetheMuseumofCulturePalaceoftheNationalitiesindowntownBeijing,Novem-ber17-26.2006mainlyshowcasingthecountry'seffortsandprogressithasmadeandismakinginhumanrightsprotectionandpromotioninChinasincethefounda-tionofnewChinain1949.

简介：OnJune29,2006,theStandingCommitteeoftheNationalPeople'sCongress,theChineseparliament,approvedtherevisedCompulsoryEducationLawofthePeople'sRepublicofChina,whichbecameeffectiveforimplementationonSeptember1.Beforetherevision,thelawhad18articleswithatotalof1,800characters,whichwerenotdividedintochapters.Incomparison,therevisedlawhas63articlesineightchapters,withatotalof7,000characters.'Thankstothis,thefirstmajorrevisionmadetothelawsinceitspromulgationin1986,thelawhasbeenexpandedbothinvolumeandcontent,'ChenXiaoya,vice-ministerofeducation,toldtheHumanRightsmagazine.'Moreover,

简介：Kunshan,acounty-levelcityineastChina'sJiangsuprovince,hasbecomeknownnationwideforhowcasingthetargetofChina'seconomicandsocialreformsthataimatbuildingupa'harmonioussocietyundersocialism,'a'societyofrelativeaffluenceinallaspects.'Speakingonthecity'sachievements,LiYuanchao,secretaryoftheJiangsuProvincialCommitteeoftheCommunistPartyofChina,hashadthefollowingtosay.'Tangiblebenefitsforthepeoplearethepointofdepartureandendresultofthereforms.''OldSixth'

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