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Disabled Chinese to Get Driver's Licenses as New Regulations Take Effect
More disabled people would be able to drive in China, including those paralyzed from the waist down, thanks to revisions to driving license regulations that took effect starting from April 1.
The newly revised "Regulations on Application and Use of Driver's Licenses" allows, for the first time, Chinese who are able to sit by themselves despite their paralyzed limbs to acquire a license for adapted vehicles.
From: Xinhuanet
China Strengthens Law to Prevent Sale of Women and Children
Four Chinese law-enforcement departments had jointly issued a circular to further protect the rights of children and women, making the sale of one's child a crime, on April 2, 2010.
Parents who sell their own children for profit are in violation of laws designed to prevent the trafficking of women and children, the circular said.
From: Xinhuanet
China Issues Guidelines to Limit Death Penalty Use
China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) had issued guidelines for courts nationwide to handle criminal cases with a policy of "justice tempered with mercy," stressing that death penalty use should be limited.
The guidelines say the death penalty should be "resolutely" handed down to those who have committed "extremely serious" crimes, but that the punishment should be reserved for the tiny minority of criminals against which there is valid and ample evidence.
The guidelines also say that capital punishment reprieves should be granted for as long as they are allowed by law.
From: Xinhuanet
Wen Vows to Deepen China's Reform on Income Distribution System
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao had pledged to further reform of income distribution to narrow the gap between rich and poor and secure social stability.
In an article published on April 1, 2010 in Qiushi, or "Seeking Truth," the official magazine of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Wen said greater efforts were needed to build a rational income distribution structure.
From: Xinhuanet
UN Official Praises China's Achievements in Promoting Gender Equality
The chief of the United Nations (UN) Theme Group on Gender Abhimanyu Singh praised China's efforts and achievements in promoting gender equality on March 9, 2010.
Addressed a media conference for a UN regional human development report, Singh said China is on track to achieve the specific millennium development goals (MDGs) on gender equality.
From: Xinhuanet
Miracle in China's Mining Rescue History
The impossible happened at Wangjialiang, North China's Shanxi province: According to report on April 6, 2010, 115 miners of the 153 trapped after a deadly mine accident nearly 200 hours ago have survived.
The miracle can be partly credited to the well-organized rescue efforts and the hard work by more than 3,000 rescuers who kept pumping water out of the flooded mine shaft around the clock. The rescuers kept working and working efficiently and never gave up hope that they would find at least one of the miners alive in the shaft.
From: China Daily
Tibetan Official Hails 51st Anniversary of Serf Emancipation
The democratic reform in Tibet aimed at emancipating serfs 51 years ago under the leadership of the Communist Party of China is lofty and righteous, said Padma Choling, chairman of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Regional Government, on March 27, 2010.
The Tibetans have achieved remarkable development since 1951. No reactionary force could block the powerful current of Tibet's progress, he said while delivering a speech via TV on the eve of the Serfs Emancipation Day.
From: Xinhuanet | 
