social justice 社会的公平正义

Chinese Premier¹ Wen Jiabao said the government will continue to work hard to promote social justice during his last year in office. He said the government has done a lot of work over the past nine years for the social equity² and justice.

 

温家宝总理说在他任职的最后一年，政府将继续努力促进社会的公平正义。9年来，政府为实现社会的公平正义做了大量不可磨灭的工作。

 

On the legal front, the government has incorporated the requirement on respecting and safeguarding human rights into the Chinese Constitution. The government has also formulated³ the Property Law to protect the legal property rights of the people, amended⁴ the Election Law to ensure equal rights of election of urban and rural residents, and abolished the regulations that restrict the freedom of mobility⁵ of rural residents into the cities.

 

首先，在法律上，政府通过修改宪法，将尊重和保障人权写入宪法。政府还制定了物权法，使合法的私有财产得到法律保护；修改了选举法，使城乡选民具有平等的权利；废除了收容遣送条例，使农民自由进城务工。

 

In rural areas, the government has abolished the agricultural taxes so as to ease the burdens on Chinese farmers.

 

其次，在农村，政府坚决地取消了农业税，减轻了农民的不合理负担。

 

On education, the government has provided nine-year free compulsory⁶ education, and offered free vocational education and subsidy⁷ and scholarship for high school students in rural areas.

 

第三，在教育上，政府实行了九年免费义务制教育，对农村的孩子上职业学校实行免费，同时对大学和农村高中阶段的教育实行奖助学金制度，对困难地区农村寄宿制学校给予补贴。

 

The government also put in place a social security system that includes old-age pension, unemployment insurance and health care program. The health care program has already covered 1.3 billion people.

 

第四，政府建立和完善了包括养老、失业、医疗、低保在内的社会保障体系。企业职工医疗保险、城市居民医疗保险和新农合已经覆盖13亿人口。

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