Anti-trafficking campaign rescues 27,388

Updated: 2011-07-14 13:45

(Xinhua)

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BEIJING -- A National anti-trafficking campaign launched by the Chinese government in April 2009 has solved 9,165 cases of trafficking in women and 5,900 cases of trafficking in children by the end of 2010.

A total of 9,388 abducted children and 18,000 women were rescued, according to a report titled "Assessment Report on the National Human Rights Action Plan of China (2009-2010)" issued on Thursday.

By the end of 2010 the Chinese government has rounded up 3,573 trafficking gangs, and placed 22,500 suspects in criminal detention, says the report issued by the Information Office of the State Council, or China's cabinet.

In the past two years people's courts at different levels have concluded the trial of 7,395 criminal cases of abducting and trafficking in women and children, of organizing children to beg and other violations of minors' rights and interests, and severely punished 9,596 criminals in accordance with the law, the report says.

The legal system for the protection of minors has been improved, the report says.

By 2010, among all the country's provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the central government, 18 had revised the relevant local regulations in support of the Law on the Protection of Minors, and five had made local regulations on the prevention of juvenile delinquency, the report says.

Children's right to health is guaranteed.

According to the report, in the past two years 57.62 million children below the age of 15 have been inoculated against Hepatitis B gratis, and more than 70 percent of the expenses borne by rural children with leukemia and CHD (congenital heart disease) are covered by medical insurance.

Moreover, welfare institutions for children have been established in cities at and above the prefecture level all over the country, basically forming a service network of child welfare, the report says.

The central government allocated more than 2.5 billion yuan (387 million U.S. dollars) to offer per capita subsidies of 180 yuan, 270 yuan and 360 yuan, respectively, every month to orphans in the eastern, central and western regions, the report says.

The 56-page report says that China has accomplished all targets set in a national human rights action plan.

The State Council's Information Office published the plan in April 2009, which was China's first national plan on human rights and served as a policy document for advancing China's human rights cause.