Freedom of Residence and Movement
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The plight of Chen Guangcheng and his family continues to attract attention inside and outside China. Chen is a self-trained legal advocate who has represented farmers, the disabled, and other groups. He is perhaps best known for the attention he drew to population planning abuses, particularly forced abortions and forced sterilizations, in Linyi city, Shandong province, in 2005.
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Leaders of Bipartisan Commission Call on China To Release Human Rights Lawyer, Chen Guangcheng
November 1, 2011
In November 2010, Chengdu municipality issued the Opinions Regarding the Unification of Chengdu Urban and Rural Hukou To Achieve Freedom of Movement. According to the Opinions, the current hukou system will be unified by 2012 into a single identification system based on persons' place of residence for purposes of concentrated community relocation (jijuzhu or nongcun jizhong juzhu), marriage and population control, employment, taxes, creditworthiness, and social benefits (shehui baoxian). If successfully implemented, the Chengdu reform could supplant the hukou system established in 1958 that has been a major barrier to obtaining social benefits for some rural hukou holders living in Chengdu's urban areas. The Opinion sets forth 12 articles covering a range of topics concerning the unification of the hukou system.
Authorities Intimidate Unregistered Protestants Who Seek To Attend Lausanne Congress
According to an article posted on the Web site of the Ministry of Land and Resources, in September 2010, the PRC State Council Legislative Affairs Office called together a group of experts to discuss draft Regulations for Expropriation, Demolition, and Payment of Compensation for Residential Buildings on State-owned Land (New Regulations); experts who attended the meeting reported that the first draft of the New Regulations has been finalized. The Chinese government had issued a comment draft of the New Regulations on the Web site of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development on January 29, 2010. The September conference and creation of a formal draft follow a period of increasing protests over demolitions and calls for reform.