Creating an Institutional Environment for Protecting the Rights and Interests of China’s Dispatched Labor

Employment is fundamental in improving the livelihood of the people and social security is the source ofhuman happiness. This is how the international community protects and improves basic human rights. It is also the policy China has adopted to achieve sustainable economic and social development. Furthermore, it is clear evidence of China＇s respect and protection of human rights.

The Four Categories of Chinese Discourse on Human Rights and Their Interrelationships

In China,the main discourse on human rights can be classified into four categories:political discourse,policy discourse,institutional discourse,and academic discourse.These four categories show significant differences in terms of the context,content,mode of expression,characteristics,and functions of the discourse.They cannot be simply equated or interchangeable with one another.However,they also rely on,restrict,and promote each other,and under certain conditions,they can be transformed into one another.It is needed to prevent imbalances,mismatches in context,isolation,and inadequate translation among human rights discourses.Meanwhile,it is essential to promote balanced development among different discourses,where each discourse maintains its own boundaries,refers to one another,and undergoes accurate translation,in order to construct their healthy interrelationships.Exploring appropriate methods of translation between discourses is an important and worthwhile topic for research in Chinese human rights discourse.It holds significant practical significance and academic value in constructing the Chinese human rights discourse system.

Chinese, Uzbek Institutions Agree to Human Rights Cooperation

The China Society for Human Rights Studies and the National Human Rights Center of Uzbekistan signed a mem- orandum of understanding （MOU） over cooperation on human rights on September 13, 2013.

Academic Research in China on National Human Rights Institutions

I. Symposium on National Human Rights Institutions and Research Topics Academic research in the Chinese mainland on national human rights institutions started in February 2003. From October 16-17, 2004, the China University of Political Science and Law organized an international sympo- sium in Qingdao, Shandong Province, on research about national human rights protection institutions, inviting experts from Australia, South Africa and Canada to brief the symposium on related information concerning the Asia-Pacific region and South Africa as well as to provide information about Canada＇s National Human Rights Commission. Chinese participants also discussed the possibility of establishing a national human rights organization in China.

An Interview with Mr. Morten Kjaerum,the Executive Director of Danish Institute for Human Rights

EDITOR'S NOTE: In recent years, Chinese human rights institutes and experts are increasingly having academic exchanges and co-operation with those of other countries, among of which Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR) and its staff are an outstanding example. In early June,Mr. Morten Kjserum, the Executive Director of DIHR, Co-director ofthe Danish Centre for International Studies and Human Rights, Memberof the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD),President of the International Coordination Committee for NationalHuman Rights Institutions (ICC) came to Beijing to participate in aseminar, during which he was interviewed by our staff reporter Wang Yanbing. Following is his viewpoints of human rights issues.

Empirical Human Rights Studies Contribute to Building a Society Under the Rule of Law——Summary of the Fifth National Meeting for the Exchange of Work Experience Among Human Rights Research Institutions

From Nov. 5 to 6, 2013, the China Society for Human Rights Studies （CSHRS）held the Fifth National Meeting for the Exchange of Work Experience Among Human Rights Research Institutions at Wuhan University. More than 100 experts and scholars, focusing on empirical human rights studies and their contribution to building a society based on the rule of law, shared their work experience and discussed effective strategies. CSHRS President Luo Haocai, who served as vice chairman of the 10th National Committee of the Chinese People＇s Political Consultative Conference,

Concept and Feasibility of Offering Human Rights Courses in China's Institutions of Higher Learning

Doubtlessly, the term ＂human rights＂ has become a world language in the 21st century. China has written ＂The state respects and protects human rights＂ into its constitution, thus opening up a new period of constitutional construction and human rights cause. This great term ＂human rights＂ does not only contain specific rights that can be put into practice but also carry dignity, equality, freedom and other value systems and moral requirements.

On the Restricting Factors & System Arrangements of Chinese Land Tenure Marketization

As a general rule of Economics of Development,economic growth and development require rational institution guarantee.Land Tenure.As a main institution factor in agricultural development,closely relates to the reform of Chinese agriculture.Based on the relevant theories of Economics of Institution and Economics of Development,and combined with the marketization process of Chinese Land Tenure of Property Rights,the article studied the effects of institutional factors and put forward some choices in the development of agriculture,which is of both significant and practical importance.

Institutional environment quality and the longevity of billionaire entrepreneurs

Using self-made billionaire entrepreneurs in China as a proxy for large entrepreneurs,we examine the impact of institutional environment quality on the longevity of such entrepreneurs.While property rights institutions and contracting institutions are important in explaining macroeconomic growth and small firm growth,we find no evidence that they matter to the longevity of billionaire entrepreneurs.However,we find access to finance to be important to the longevity of billionaire entrepreneurs.Our results help better understand the relative importance of various institutional environment forces to the continuous success of billionaire entrepreneurs.