Foreword 1
Major Events 2
The CPC Central Committee Issues the Decision on Major Issues Concerning Comprehensively Deepening Reforms 2
The Twelfth NPC Standing Committee Publishes the Five-year Legislation Planning 6
The State Council Information Office Publishes the White Paper Progress in China's Human Rights in 2012 9
The State Council Information Office Publishes the White Paper Development and Progress of Tibet 12
UN Human Rights Council Adopts Second Round of Universal Periodic Review on China 16
China Elected Member of UN Human Rights Council by a Large Majority Vote the Third Time 21
Ⅰ．Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 26
State Council Endorses and Forwards Some Opinions on Deepening the Reform of Income Distribution System 26
Public Opinions Solicited for Some Stipulations on Labor Dispatching 30
Publication of Statistical Bulletin on Development of Human Resources and Social Security Undertaking in 2012 33
Strengthen Employment Information Service for College Graduates:Promoting Employment and Strictly Prohibiting Discrimination 35
Promote Employment: Average Employment Rate of Secondary Vocational Schools Reaches 96.81% 38
Supreme People's Court Issues Judicial Interpretation: Specifying the Scope of Application for the "Crime of Refusing to Pay Labor Remuneration" 41
No. 1 Document Focuses on Agriculture, Rural Areas and Farmers the Tenth Year: Enhancing Safeguarding the Rights of Farmers 45
Report on Anti-poverty Development in China: Developing Poverty Alleviation in "Contiguous Areas with Acute Difficulties" 48
"Siyuan Project" Poverty Alleviation Foundation: Promoting Realization of Rights of Vulnerable Groups with Projects 51
Enhance Poverty Relief and Development: Poverty-stricken Population Reduced over 33 Million Annually by Average in China 54
Fourth Poverty Elimination Award of China Announced: Encouraging Social Forces to Participate in Anti-Poverty 57
Recommending Excellent Cases in Society Poverty Relief Innovation Actions:Innovating Poverty Alleviation Pattern 60
Strengthen and Improve Work on Subsistence Allowance Policy: Completing the "Bottom Support" Mechanism for People with Difficulties 64
"Five State Policies" for Regulating Real Estate Market Announced:Safeguarding the Residents' Right to Adequate Housing 67
Central Government Allocates Natural Disaster Living Subsidies: Ensuring Basic Life of Disaster-Hit People 70
Social Organizations Encouraged to Establish Enterprise Annuity: Making up Insufficient Security of Basic Pension 72
Establish Critical Illness Insurance and Medical Emergency Assistance System: Ensuring Timely Medical Service for Patients 75
Shifting Stress of Medical Security in Rural Areas to Critical Illness: Better Guarantee of the Right of Rural Residents to Health 78
Mental Health Law Implemented: Safeguarding Rights of Relevant People 80
Promote the Development of Health Service Industry: Safeguarding the Right of Citizens to Health Service 84
Consolidate and Complete the Essential Medicine System and New Operation Mechanism at Basic Levels: Safeguarding the Right of Citizens to Medical Service 88
National Development and Reform Commission Lowers the Price Limit of Some Common Clinical Medicines: Reducing the Medicine Burden of the Public 92
The State Promulgated Supervision Regulation on Pharmaceutic Excipients:Reducing Medication Risks to Citizens 94
Five Authorities Jointly Combat Illegal Drug Sales over Internet: Protecting Security of Drug Purchase by Citizens over Internet 97
New Detailed Rules for Examining Formula Milk Powder Production Permit Promulgated: Safeguarding the Healthy Growth of Infants 100
Public Opinions Solicited for Food Safety Law (Revised Draft): Ensuring Right of Citizens to Food Safety 103
Food Safety Publicity Week Activity: Assisting in Ensuring Food Safety 106
Supreme People's Procuratorate and Supreme People's Court Issue Judicial Interpretation: Specifying the Application of Law to Criminal Cases Jeopardizing Food Safety 109
The State Council Arranges Emphasis of Work for Food Safety: Enhancing Construction of Standards, Institutional Systems, Platforms and Accountabilities 112
Four Departments Adjust Occupational Disease Classification and Catalogue:Safeguarding the Rights of Laborers to Safe Production Conditions in a Scientific Way 115
Implement the Program to Rejuvenate Higher Education in Central and Western Regions: Protecting the Right to Receive Education in a Balanced Way 118
Educational Informatization: Promoting Protection of Citizens' Right to Receive Education via Data Networks 121
Nationwide County Area Compulsory Education Supervision, Appraisal and Affirmation Started: Promoting Balanced Development of Compulsory Education 124
Implementation of Special Program of Directional Enrollment Expanded:Benefiting More Students in Rural and Poverty-stricken Areas 128
Implement Educational Poverty Alleviation Program: Promoting the Full Realization of Right to Receive Education in Poverty-stricken Areas 131
The State Council Issues Outline for National Tourism and Leisure:Safeguarding the Right of Citizens to Rest and Leisure 135
NPC Standing Committee Adopts Tourism Law: Enabling Tourists to Protect Their Rights by Law 139
National Reading Included in National Legislation Program: Providing Legal Guarantee for Realizing Citizens' Right to Reading 142
Central Finance Vigorously Fosters Cultural Industry: Creating Conditions for Citizens to Share Cultural Results 145
Central Finance Allocates Funds for Rural Culture Construction: Increasing the Guaranteeing Level for Cultural Right of Rural Residents 148
The State Council Specifies that Leading Cadres Take the Lead to Ban Smoking: Safeguarding Public Health Environment 151
Ministry of Environmental Protection Publishes Bulletin of the State of Environment in China: Safeguarding the Right of Citizens to Know Environmental Information 153
Establish the Air Pollution Health Impact Monitoring Network: Safeguarding Right of Citizens to Enjoy Clean Air 156
National Health and Family Planning Commission Publishes Work Plan for Environmental Health Monitoring in Rural Areas: Caring for the Protection of Environmental Right in Rural Areas 159
The State Council Adopts Regulation on Water Drainage and Sewage Treatment in Cities and Towns: Safeguarding Environmental Safety in Cities and Towns 162
The Supreme People's Procuratorate and Supreme People's Court Issue Judicial Interpretation: Specifying the Application of Law in Handling Criminal Cases of Environmental Pollution 165
Ⅱ．Civil Rights and Political Rights 170
The State Adjusted the Family Planning Policy: Allowing Couples to Have Two Children if Either Parent is an Only Child 170
Provisions on the Application for and Use of Driving Licenses Revised:Protecting Citizens' Right to Travel Safety 172
National Standard for the Protection of Personal Information Implemented:Protecting the Right of Personal Privacy 177
The Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate Issue a Judicial Interpretation: Specifying the Application of Law in Handling Criminal Cases of Extortion 180
The Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate Issue a Judicial Interpretation: Specifying the Application of Law in Handling Criminal Cases of Creating Disturbances 185
The Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate Issue a Judicial Interpretation: Specifying the Application of Law to Cases of Defamation through Information Networks 188
The Cyberspace Administration of China Carries out Special Actions:Cracking Down on Online Infringement 191
The Cyberspace Administration of China Discusses False Online Reports:Protecting Citizens' Right of Reputation 194
The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Decides to Abolish Legislation on Reeducation through Labor: Fully Protecting Citizens' Right of Personal Liberty 197
Four Departments Release New Provisions on Legal Aid in Criminal Action:Protecting the Right to Obtain Legal Aid 200
The Central Politics and Law Commission Releases Guiding Opinions:Earnestly Preventing Cases Involving Unjust, False and Wrong Charges 204
The Supreme People's Court Releases Opinions: Establishing and Improving Working Mechanisms for Preventing Cases Involving Unjust, False and Wrong Charges 207
The Sixth National Criminal Trial Work Conference: Trying to Realize Unification of Punishment of Criminals and Protection of Human Rights 210
The National Political and Legal Work Conference Demanded Solving Difficult Judicial Problems: Letting Parties Concerned Feel the Sanctity and Justice of Law 214
The Supreme People's Court Releases Provisions on Self-Compensation Cases: Protecting Compensation Claimants' Procedural Rights 217
Draft Amendment to the Administrative Procedure Law Submitted for Deliberation: Effectively Protecting Citizens' Administrative Litigation Right 220
The Case of Bo Xilai's Acceptance of Bribes, Embezzlement and Abuse of Power Tried Openly: All People are Equal before the Law 223
The Final Second-Instance Judgment of"Tang Hui's Case" Made: Tang Hui Receives Compensation 229
The Supreme People's Court Makes Provisions on Online Issuance of Judgment Documents: Protecting the Public's Right to Know and Right of Supervision 233
New Changes in the Structure of the Deputies to the Twelfth National People's Congress: Ensuring Citizens' Equal Enjoyment of the Right to Stand for Election 236
National Human Rights Report Released: Protecting Citizens' Right to Fully Know the National Human Rights Situation 239
The State Council Issues a Document to Strengthen Government Information Publication: Protecting Citizens' Right to Know and Right of Supervision 242
The Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee Opens the"12380"Short Message Reporting Platform: Broadening the Channels of Citizens' Supervision 244
Report on the 2012 Final Account of the Central Government: Cutting "the Three Public Expenditures" 248
Ⅲ．Rights of Ethnic Minorities, Women, Children,the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities 252
Chinese Ethnic Minorities' Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition Week:Protecting Ethnic Minorities' Cultural Rights 252
Eight Ethnic-Minority Provinces and Regions' Poor Population Halved in Five Years: Promoting Protection of Ethnic Minorities' Right of Existence 255
Tibet Invests 200 Billion Yuan: Promoting Ultra-Conventional Development of the Autonomous Region's Transport Undertakings 257
Cadres from Western and Other Ethnic-Minority Areas Hold Temporary Positions in the East: Fostering Cadres for Ethnic-Minority Areas 260
Tibetan Culture Week Held in Germany: Letting Tibetan Culture with Ethnic Characteristics Go Global 263
China's Eleventh National Women's Congress: Earnestly Protecting Women's Rights and Interests 266
"March 8 Women's Right Maintenance Week" Legal Consulting Activity:Caring for Women's Rights and Interests 270
"Plan for Helping Mothers Having Lost Their Only Child": Ensuring Satisfaction of the Material and Spiritual Needs of Mothers Having Lost Their Only Child 273
Four Departments Including the Cyberspace Administration of China Launch the Green Network Action: Protecting Teenagers' Legitimate Rights and Interests 276
Four Departments Including the Supreme People's Court Jointly Release Opinions: Punishing the Crime of Sexual Violation of Minors in Accordance with Law 280
Four Departments Including the Ministry of Education Jointly Release Opinions: Doing a Good Job in Preventing Sexual Violation of Teenagers 283
The Ministry of Education Implements "Green Assessment" of High Schools and Primary Schools: Protecting Teenagers' Right to Healthy Development 286
The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child Deliberates Reports on China's Performance of Convention on the Rights of the Child 289
Five Departments Including the Ministry of Education Jointly Make Arrangements for the Work of Caring for and Educating Left-Behind Children in Rural Areas 292
Producer Bears Responsibility for the Burns Caused by a Child's Imitation of Pleasant Goat to his Friends: Preferential Protection of Children's Interests 296
"Childhood Watch" Public Welfare Action: Focusing on Preventing Abuse and Sexual Violation of Children 299
24 Departments Including the National Development and Reform Commission Jointly Release Opinions: Further Strengthening the Work of Preferential Treatment of the Elderly 302
The State Council Prints and Distributes Opinions: Expediting the Development of the Elderly Care Service Industry 305
Revised Law on Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly Officially Implemented 308
Basic Pensions Increased by 10%: Ensuring Support for Enterprise Retirees 311
The Sixth National Congress of the China Disabled Persons' Federation:Promoting Protection of Disabled Persons' Rights 313
Seven Departments Including the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee Jointly Issue Opinions: Promoting the Employment of Disabled Persons in Proportion to Total Employment 317
The China Disabled Persons' Federation Issues a Circular: Promoting Employment of Disabled College Students through Multiple Channels 320
The First "Experience of Famine" Public Welfare Experience Activity:Raising Charitable Funds to Help Disabled Children 323
The "Angels' Eyes" Campaign: Helping Visually Impaired Persons Realize Dreams 326
"Sound of the Heart - Audio Library" Online: Protecting Visually Impaired Persons' Right to Share the Network Culture 329
The Ministry of Agriculture and the China Disabled Persons' Federation Jointly Issue a Circular: Helping Poor Disabled Persons in Rural Areas Make Preparations for Ploughing 332
Ⅳ．Human Rights Research, Education,Training and Knowledge Popularizing 336
The State Council Information Office Holds the Twelfth Session of Human Rights Knowledge Training Class 336
China Society for Human Rights Studies Issues Annual Report on China's Human Rights (2013) 339
China Society for Human Rights Studies Studies and Implements Spirit of the Third Plenum of the 18th CPC Central Committee 342
China Society for Human Rights Studies Holds Symposium on "People's Livelihood and Human Rights" 344
The 5th National Working Experience Exchange Conference of Human Rights Research Institutions Held in Wuhan 346
Work Report-back Conference of National Human Rights Education and Training Bases Held in Beijing 349
"Human Right Knowledge Series Reading Books" Published: Promoting the Popularization of Human Rights Knowledge 352
Symposium on "Strengthening Collaborative Innovation, and Promoting Human Rights Research Think Bank Construction in China" Held in Beijing 355
Fostering Initiation Ceremony of "Human Rights Construction Collaborative Innovation Center" Held in Beijing 359
"Academic Seminar on Human Rights Construction and Reform" Held in Beijing 361
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Publishes the First Blue Paper on Political Development of China: Caring for the Protection of Political Rights of Citizens 364
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Publishes the Blue Paper on Rule of Law of China: Paying Attention to Legal Protection of Human Rights 368
Ⅴ．Exchanges and Cooperation in International Human Rights Field 372
The State Council Information Office Publishes Human Rights Record of the United States in 2012 372
Sixth Beijing Human Rights Forum: Constructing a Sustainable Environment for Human Rights Development 376
"Picture Exhibition on China's Achievements on Human Rights" Held at UN Head Office in Geneva 379
Academic Seminar "China's Human Rights: An Integrated Approach" Held at Geneva 382
China and the United States Hold the 18th Human Rights Dialogue 384
China and EU Hold the 32nd Human Rights Dialogue 386
China and Germany Hold the 11th Human Rights Dialogue 389
China and Holland Hold the 8th Human Rights Consultation 391
EU Special Representative for Human Rights Lambrinidis Visits China 393
China Society for Human Rights Studies and National Human Rights Center of Uzbekistan Sign Memorandum of Understanding 396
China and the United States Hold the Fifth Justice and Human Rights Seminar 398
China and Germany Hold the 11th Human Rights Seminar 400
China and Australia Jointly Hold a Seminar: Promoting the Establishment of a National Level Family Violence Crisis Intervention Center 402
Delegation of China Society for Human Rights Studies Attends "CSUN-China Forum" 405