The Henan Provincial Party Committee and Government jointly issued a circular on April 26, 2006 that calls on provincial authorities to strengthen their controls over society and address a range of social problems during the period 2006 to 2010 as…
2007-03-21
The following is a rough translation of the Henan Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government Circular Regarding the Issuance of the "Program for Construction of a Peaceful Henan," issued April 26, 2006. (Translation done by Tom Stutsman)
2007-03-19
On March 16, the Chinese National People's Congress passed the P.R.C. Property Law. The full text of the law is available on the P.R.C. government website, and commentary and analysis is available from Xinhua. The above Xinhua link has gone…
2007-03-17
The Supreme People's Court (SPC) is considering issuing a judicial interpretation to address discrepencies between rural and urban hukou holders in death compensation awards, according to comments made by March 14 by SPC President Xiao Yang and carried in a…
2007-03-14
To listen to some official Chinese pronouncements and US media coverage, one might think that the Chinese hukou (household registration) system is on the verge of complete dismantlement. Wu Dong, chief of the Bureau for the Management of Public Order…
2007-03-09
The Supreme People's Court issued an opinion on March 7 directing courts to strengthen their use of mediation in handling citizen grievances as a means to reduce social conflict. The Opinion on Further Increasing the Positive Role of Mediation (in…
2007-03-08
Both the United States and China have issued their respective 2006 annual reports regarding the human rights practices of the other. On March 6, 2007, the US State Department issued their 2006 country report on Chinese human rights practices. On…
2007-03-08
The general office of the State Council has issued a circular requiring all national government ministries and provincial governments to clean up administrative rules and regulations that have expired or that are inconsistent with existing law by October 2007, according…
2007-03-05
DIRECTOR, STANFORD PROGRAM IN CHINA The Bing Overseas Studies Program at Stanford University invites applications for Director of the Stanford Program in Beijing.
2007-03-05
The U.S.-China Legal Cooperation Fund invites proposals seeking grants to fund projects promoting rule of law in China conducted jointly by American and Chinese institutional participants. This Fund is a program of the China Business Forum, the education and research…