Letter from Li Peng Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, To China Society for Human Rights Studies

China Society for Human Rights Studies, I would like to extend my warm greetings to the launch of your Human Rights magazine. Enjoying human rights fully is a lofty goal long pursued after by human race. Over the years when they carried out revolution, construction and reforms, the Chinese people have struggled indomitably and strived incessantly to achieve this goal. Progress made in this regard has caught worldwide attention. When struggling for, safeguarding, promoting and developing human rights, the Chinese people have always combined the universality prin-

A State Leader,an Economist and a People's Representative——An exclusive interview with Mr. Cheng Siwei,former Vice-Chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) and President of the Central Committee of the China National Democratic Construction Asso

In the midst of a stock frenzy in China and tight monetary policy carried out by the Chinese government, what knowledge can we glean from a respected state leader, an economist and a people representative?

Tibet:14 Years of Brilliant, Extraor Achievements——An interview with Raidi, vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress

Tremendous changes have takenplace in Tibet under the state policy of reform andopening up to the outside world, especially over thepast 14 years since the Fourth Plenary Session of the13th Central Committee of the Chinese CommunistParty. Unprecedented are the development of the localeconomy, and so are the changes in the outlook ofcities and countryside in the region, and life of ethnicTibetan has kept improving.Raidi, vice-chairman of the Standing Committee ofthe National People's Congress (NPC), is a mostqualified eyewitness to these changes. He was born intoa serf's family before the Democratic Reform in thelate 1950s, and had worked on various leading posts inTibet before he was elected to NPC, China's highestlegislature. In July 1990, Jiang Zemin, then generalsecretary of the CPC Central Committee, cited Raidi asan example when speaking on the question of humanrights during an inspection tour of Lhasa. Said he,'What do human rights mean? Comrade Raidi, aformer serf, now works as the second most seniormember of the Chinese Communist Party Committee ofTibet Autonomous Region, his experiences bring outthe meaning of human rights. Aren't we justified topublicize that?'Following is a slightly abridged text of an interviewgiven by Raidi to our staff reporter on the eve of theNew Year's day, in which he talked about theachievements Tibet has made over the past 14 yearsand the Party's policy in Tibet.

Promote the All-round Development of China's Human Right Cause in the New Era——Summary of the Symposium on “Deeply Studying and Implementing the Spirit of the 20th CPC National Congress and Adhering to the Chinese Path of Human Rights Development”

On November 8, 2022, the symposium on “Deeply Studying and Implementing the Spirit of the 20thCPC National Congress and Adhering to the Chinese Path of Human Rights Development” was held by the China Society for Human Rights Studies in Beijing. Focusing on “the leadership of the CPC and human rights development”, “adapting Marxism to the Chinese context and the needs of our times and human rights theories in contemporary China”, “the Chinese path to modernization and the new form of human rights civilization”, “Chinese human rights solutions and global human rights governance”, “making a better China’s story of advancing human rights and constructing human rights discourse system”, and other topics, the participants reached broad consensus after discussion, and the symposium achieved fruitful results.

On the Establishment of Modern Medical System of Assimilating Advantages of Oriental Medicine and Western Medicine—A Speech by the Vice-Chairperson of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China,President of Chinese Medical Associatio

It is known to all that traditional Chinese medicine and pharmacy, as the summary of Chinese people fighting against various kinds of disease for thousands of years, has a summate theoretical system possessing the essence of Chinese classical philosophy, intensively reflects deep thinking and pondering of Chinese culture on the human being himself and dialectical relation between human and culture, making indelible contribution to the offspring reproduction and prosperity.

The Transformation of Environmental Governance from the Point of the Interaction between Government and National People's Congress

Taking cadmium pollution in X River as an example, the interaction between National People＇s Congress and local government was de- scribed. How the local government transforms its role in environment protection with the help of several deputies to National People＇s Congress was expounded from the angle of social construction, which also enlightened the way to build an environment protection road with Chinese characteristics.

Legislative Work of the National People's Congress and Its Standing Committee over 40 Years of Reform and Opening Up

The legislative achievements of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and its Standing Committee can be enumerated at great length, yet their most substantial part has been to form and continuously improve the socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics, which has provided legal guarantees for reform and opening up, and socialist modernization.

Congratulations from Prof.Han Qi-de,Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress,Chairman of China Association for Science and Technology

It is of my great pleasure to learn that the Third World Integrative Medicine Congress is about to be held in Guangzhou. rm writing to express my highest congratulations to the successful opening of the congress, as well as my cordial welcome to the experts and scholars around the world.

Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Regarding the Severe Punishment of Criminals Who Abduct and Traffic in or Kidnap Women or Children

With a view to severely punishing criminals who abduct and traffic in or kidnap women or children so as to protect the personal safety of women and children and maintain the public security order, the relevant provisions of the Criminal Law are supplemented or amended as follows: 1. Whoever abducts and traffics in a woman or a child shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years and not more than ten years, and shall concurrently be punished with a

Study on C-E Translation of Lexical Items with Chinese Characteristics in the Report on the 19th National Congress of the CPC

The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is a meeting of great importance held during the decisivestage of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects.As a window to know about the latest changes of China,it is au-thoritative and of much value to study.As time goes by,there emerge more lexical items with Chinese characteristics.This articlestudies Chinese-English translation skills of lexical items with Chinese Characteristics in the Report on the 19th National Congressof the CPC.First,it classifies these lexical items into several kinds including those related with economy,politics,culture,peo-ple’s wellbeing and other lexical items,and then studies them respectively.

Steadily Advance Cultural Power Construction and Cultural Reform——Series of Economic and Social Development Achievements Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC

Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core,departments in all regions have concentrated on promoting the cultural system reform and making great strides in cultural construction. Departments have cultivated and practised the socialist core values and strengthened cultural confidence. The service system of modern public culture has been initially formed. The equalization has been improved. The service capacity has been enhanced.The cultural industry has been expanding and contributed more to economic growth. The cultural demand has been increasing rapidly and the space for cultural development has been expanding. Cultural reform has seen great achievements.

Testative Discussion on how to be an Eligible Interpreter--Based on the People’s Republic of China of the National People’s Congress and Committee of the People’s Political Consultative Conference from 2012 to 2014

In recent years,with the rapid development of the Chinese economy,the“two sessions”in March of every year which sponsored by the ministry of foreign affairs attract more and more journalists from all over the world.The press conference in the“two sessions”likes an important window to show China’s policies and claims to the world.Meanwhile,the premier who answers questions in the press conference,respectively,shows the world the eloquence and polite manners of China’s premier,such as Premier Wen Jiabao and Premier Li Keqiang.Their astute response,excellent,and emotional expression makes a deep impression on audiences.Moreover,as a bridge between the speaker and the listeners,the interpretation once is incorrect will cause some mistakes even conflicts.Therefore,the interpreter plays a most important role in the press conference.How to improve the interpretation level in the press conference is a significant topic.The thesis mainly introduces the content of press conference interpreting from 2012 to 2014.At present,the practical study of press conference interpretation is far from enough.The last part gives the summary of the study and points out the main findings for the further study.

THE "DIALOGUE" BETWEEN THE FIFTEENTH NATIONAL CONGRESS OF OCP AND GUANGDONG CUSTOMS——Interviewing Liu Wenjie, representative of the Congress, director of Guangdong Customs Branch Office, Director of Guangzhou Customs

The Fifteenth Natlonal Con-gress,a very important andgrand trans—century meeting inthe history Of CCP,was inaugu-rated in Beijing on September 12,1997. Guangdong Customs have sentrepresentatives to attend the Party’sCongress for the first time in his-tory.Among the two representa-tives is Liu Wenjie,director ofGuangdong CUStoms Branch Of-fice and of Guangzhou Customs.On September 23 after conclusionof the Coilgress,this reporter inte-Viewed directory Liu Wenjie in

Review of Environmental Governance Research since the 18th CPC National Congress—Based on Bibliometric Analysis

Since the 18th CPC National Congress in 2012,the“ecological civilization”concept has been steadily promoted.China has shown great resolution in green development and has achieved significant results.The awareness of environmental governance has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people;the reform continues to accelerate,and the ecological and environmental governance work has been thriving.This paper takes CNKI(China National Knowledge Infrastructure)as the research database and analyzes published ecological and environmental governance documents since 2012.It draws scientific conclusions and suggestions through data analysis,providing references for people to understand the current situation and hot spots of ecological and environmental governance research since the 18th CPC National Congress in 2012.