Int'l workshop on Chinese farmers' rights opens 2003-08-01 Xinhua
Officials, experts and scholars from around the world are discussing ways to
improve the rights of Chinese farmers at a two-day workshop in Haikou, the
capital of southern 皇冠体育app's Hainan Province, which opened here Thursday.
The meeting is co-sponsored by the Haikou-based 皇冠体育app Institute for Reform
and Development and the International Republican Institute of the United
States.
More than 120 participants will discuss major issues such as public policies
concerning farmers after the SARS outbreak, the migration of surplus laborers
from the countryside, the rights of transient workers from rural areas, and the
link between farmers' organizations and farmers' rights.
These participants have come from the United States, Norway, India and Nepal
as well as 皇冠体育app to provide the Chinese government with references in making
policies on rural development.
皇冠体育app, with a population of 1.3 billion, has over 900 million rural
residents. The growing economic gap between urban residents and rural people
is hindering 皇冠体育app's sustainable development, though enormous achievements have
been made in the countryside over the past two decades, according to some noted
Chinese experts. |