Social Stability - 150. page

Zhou Yongkang, Standing Member of the Politburo of the Communist Party, stated on July 2, “Factors that influence social harmony and stability are still present in large quantities.” The remark was made at the 14th conference of the Committee of Political And Legislative Affairs of the Chinese Communist Party. Representatives from the Ministry of Public Security gave a briefing on the current status of social stability. Zhou is the public security chief of the Party.

Source: Nanfang Daily, July 3, 2010
http://nf.nfdaily.cn/nfdsb/content/2010-07/03/content_13428742.htm

Recently, the Ministry of Public Security of the People’s Republic of China issued “a Public Security Police Training Plan for 2010 to 2012.” “The goal of the plan is to improve the public security organs’ capability to safeguard national security and social stability.” From 2010 to 2012, there will be trainings for the leading cadres, for specialized police in different departments, for lower level police, and for combat police instructors. “The plan ensures that all police across China will get trained within 3 years.”

Source: The Ministry of Public Security of the People’s Republic of China website, June 23, 2010
http://www.mps.gov.cn/n16/n1237/n1342/n803715/2449524.html

According to Xinhua on June 26, 2010, a newly released “2010 China’s Floating Population Development Report” said that China’s population of floating migrant workers reached 211 million in 2009 and will hit 350 million in 2050 if the current government policies remain unchanged.

Source: Xinhua, June 23, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/fortune/2010-06/26/c_12266166.htm

On June 23, 2010, www.people.com.cn published an article by Wang Anshun regarding “mass prevention and mass control work” in Beijing. This means organizing residents to guard and patrol Beijing so as to guarantee social stability in Beijing. Wang is Deputy Secretary of the Beijing Municipal CPC Committee and Secretary of the Beijing Politics and Law Committee.

According to Wang, Beijing has built up a “mass prevention and mass control” network covering the whole city. During the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2009 National Day period, over one million people were mobilized to guard and patrol the bus stops, busy areas, village entrances, road junctions, bridges, and roads, etc. Wang said that members of the “mass prevention and mass control” teams must be registered with their real names to ensure that each job is watched, controlled and done. The city must be patrolled 24 hours a day.

Source: www.people.com.cn, June 23, 2010
http://theory.people.com.cn/GB/11943078.html

On June 2, 2010, the eleventh Standing Committee of Guangdong Province held its 19th meeting and passed the “Guangdong Regulation on Handling Emergencies,” reported Nanfang Daily on June 21, 2010.

According to the regulation, any government above the county level must annually evaluate the officials’ emergency prevention and handling performances. The higher level government should maintain oversight, and inspect and assess the emergency management work conducted by the lower level government.

Source: Nanfang Daily, June 21, 2010
http://nf.nfdaily.cn/nfrb/content/2010-06/21/content_13003252.htm

On June 18, 2010, Huashang Daily published an article by Liu Xuetao exposing the inside operations and stories of forced evictions in China.

Several demolition company shareholders told the Huashang reporter that a demolition project makes a 100% to 400% profit for each shareholder. Within a few months, millions of yuan come in, half of which must be paid to government officials ahead of time. Demolition project shareholders include government officials, referees, village cadres and even thugs from black societies.

“All the expenses arising from forced evictions such as from residents being killed or wounded and things being damaged must be paid by the developer while the government plays the role of negotiator. The average payment for one person who is killed is over 100,000 Chinese yuan (14646.65 U.S. dollars).”

 Source: Huashang Daily, June 18, 2010
http://finance.hsw.cn/system/2010/06/18/050540101.shtml

According to an article published on on June 21, 2010, on the website of the Ministry of Public Security of the P.R. China, Zhang Xinfeng, the vice minister of the Ministry of Public Security delivered a speech at a national public security work conference regarding launching a massive seven-month crackdown on rising crime. Called the “2010 strike hard campaign,” the purpose of the crackdown is to ensure society’s continued stability.

Zhang pointed out that public security organizations at all levels must further build up the system of social security control networks, such as the control networks on streets, in communities and within work units as well as video surveillances, police cooperation across regions and control of “Internet Society.”

 Source: Ministry of Public Security of the P.R. China, June 21, 2010
http://www.mps.gov.cn/n16/n1237/n1342/n803680/2445282.html

According to the “China’s Syphilis Prevention and Control Plan (2010-2020)” published by the Ministry of Health on June 21, 2010, syphilis has become the third most infectious disease in China. According to China’s statistics, the number of syphilis infection cases increased to 330,000 in 2009 from 80,000 in 1999. In 2009, among every 100,000 new born babies, there were 64 with congenital syphilis, versus 0.5 in 1997. Syphilis is transmitted via sexual activities.

Source: Xinhua, June 21, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2010-06/21/c_12244534.htm