FORUM

 2 Development of Human Rights in China over 30 Years' Reform and Opening up

   ...........................................................................................................................................BY WANG CHEN

 6 Introductory Statement by H.E Ambassador Li Baodong, Head of Chinese Delegation, at the Consideration of the Committee Against Torture on China's 4th and 5th Periodic Reports

    ...........................................................................................................................................BY LI BAODONG

HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS

 9 The Human Rights Record of the United States in 2008

    ..........................................................BY THE INFORMATION OFFICE OF THE STATE COUNCIL OF

                                                                                                     THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

FEATURES

17 Fight to the Finish..........................................................................................................BY WEN CHIHUA

18 School Office Family Care to Orphans....................................................BY OUR STAFF REPORTERS

20 Let Children Study in Safer Classrooms.................................................BY OUR STAFF REPORTERS

23 Spring Festival Travel Peak——Journey of Love and Care....................................................BY FU QI

ACADEMIA

25 Equal Education Opportunities Call for Institutional Equality  .............................BY ZHANG DAOHANG

INVESTIGATION & STUDY

27 Analysis of Migrant Population's Social Integration in Hangzhao...................................BY XU ZURONG

LAWS & LAW ENFORCEMENT

31 Minors' Rights: Right to Privacy vs. Right to Know.....................................................BY HE GUANGHUI

34 Returning Women's Rights to Human Rights

    ——Reflection of feminism in modern China..............................................................BY SHEN GUOQIN

HUMAN RIGHTS DEVELOPMENTS

37 Schoolars Discuss Hu Jintao's Letter to China Society for Human Rights Studies

    .......................................................................................................................................BY REN DANHONG

39 Academic Symposium on China's Human Rights Development

    .......................................................................................................................BY OUR STAFF REPORTERS

SPOTLIGHTS

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