14 Nov 2005

Regional Autonomy for Ethnic Minorities in China: White Paper
Information Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, Beijing, China
Self-description: "The People's Republic of China is a united multi-ethnic country. So far, 56 ethnic groups have been identified and recognized by the central government. [...] According to the fifth national census, conducted in 2000, the population of all the 55 ethnic minority groups totaled 104.49 million, accounting for 8.41 percent of the total population of China."
Site contents: Preface; I. A Unified Multi-Ethnic State, and Regional Autonomy for Ethnic Minorities; II. The Political Status of Regional Autonomy for Ethnic Minorities and the Establishment of Ethnic Autonomous Areas; III. The Right of Self-Government of Ethnic Autonomous Areas; IV. The Central Government's Support and Assistance for Ethnic Autonomous Areas; V. Historical Development of Various Undertakings in Ethnic Autonomous Areas; Conclusion; Appendix: Basic Facts About the 155 Ethnic Autonomous Areas
Note: Other PRC Government White Papers (Building of Political Democracy in China; China's Endeavors for Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation; Gender Equality and Women's Development in China; New Progress in China's Protection of Intellectual Property Rights; China's Progress in Human Rights in 2004; China's National Defense in 2004; China's Social Security and Its Policy; Regional Ethnic Autonomy in Tibet; China's Employment Situation and Policies; Progress in China's Human Rights Cause in 2003; China's Policy on Mineral Resources; China's Policy on 'Three Direct Links' Across the Taiwan Straits; China's Non-Proliferation Policy and Measures; China's EU Policy Paper; History and Development of Xinjiang; Ecological Improvement and Environmental Protection in Tibet; China's National Defense in 2002; Labor and Social Security in China; Human Rights Record of the United States in 2001; Tibet's March Toward Modernization; The Development-oriented Poverty Reduction Program for Rural China; Progress in China's Human Rights Cause in 2000; China's Population and Development in the 21st Century; China's Space Activities; China's National Defense in 2000; Narcotics Control in China; The Development of Tibetan Culture; Fifty Years of Progress in China's Human Rights; National Minorities Policy and Its Practice in China; China's National Defense; The Development of China's Marine Programs; New Progress in Human Rights in the Tibet Autonomous Region; On Sino-US Trade Balance; Progress in China's Human Rights Cause in 1996; The Grain Issue in China; Environmental Protection in China; Freedom of Religious Belief in China; The Situation of Children in China; The Progress of Human Rights in China; China: Arms Control and Disarmament; Family Planning in China; The Situation of Chinese Women; Intellectual Property Protection in China; The Taiwan Question and Reunification of China; Tibet--Its Ownership And Human Rights Situation; Criminal Reform in China; Human Rights in China) are also available online (http://www.china.org.cn/e-white/). - ed.
URL http://www.china.org.cn/e-white/20050301/index.htm
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) - the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.
Link reported by: Robert Y. Eng (robert_eng--at---redlands.edu)
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