On Treatment Of Illegal Immigrants From Democratic People’s Republic Of Korea

To all levels of governments and their agencies:

This is to inform you of our decision regarding the treatment of illegal immigrants from North Korea, and their offspring with Chinese citizens when they were not married. Please act in accordance with the following stipulations.

1. Treat all illegal immigrants according to their original nationality, not as Chinese citizens. You are not permitted to provide them with residency registeration or issue a resident identification card.

2. Treat all offspring from the relationships between illegal immigrants and Chinese citizens that are not by legal marriage as non-Chinese aliens. You are not permitted to provide them with residency registeration or issue a resident identification card.

3. No illegal immigrants’ offspring, if not by legal marriage, can enjoy the same benefits as citizens; such as kindergarten, attending schools, medical care, employment/labor insurance, social welfare, etc.

4. All illegal immigrants and their offspring not by legal marriage are not permitted to register for marriage in China.

5. All governmental agencies should work together with the police and border patrols to deport all illegal immigrants

November 16, 2003
Government of Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Jilin Province

Court Case Informational Bulletin

Due to a large influx of North Korean Refugees into our city, the illegal living-together situation between male citizens and Northern Korean female illegal immigrants is getting worse.

In 2003 alone, court cases concluded by all courts in the city that involved citizens illegally living together with North Korean females reached 6,341 cases. There were 19 criminal cases involving either homicide or suicide relating to those family cases, and 26 Chinese citizens were punished for bigamy.

At present, the occurrence of having North Korean mistresses has flourished to an unprecedented level leading to corruption of the family and social stability. This is contributing to a series of complicated social problems because of the increased number of mixed blood offspring in the city.

It is our hope that all level of governments and their agencies should take this matter seriously, and work together to resolve this issue with cooperation from society as a whole.

TO: Provincial Supreme Court
      City Political & Regulatory Committee Members
      All Lower Courts

With A Copy To:
      City Police Department
      City Civil Administration Department
      City Women’s Association

January 15, 2004
People’s Court of Changchun City, Jilin Province

On Financial Difficulties Dealing with North Korean Refugees

To the Provincial Finance Department:

North Korean refugees have been moving into this area in large numbers since the mid-90’s. According to statistics from the police, border patrols and civil affairs department, the number of refugees still in our area has exceeded 93,000.

We have set up 6 new detention camps for refugee deportation in recent years to accommodate this need. Last year alone we spent over 26 million yuan, which is still not enough to provide the space required. Refugees were detained with no place to put them. The cost of providing food, clothing and transportation for these refugees last year exceeded 10 million yuan and it’s continuing to grow at an annual rate higher than 30%.

Providing funds to cover these two expense items has created a tremendous amount of pressure on our balancing the budget. We are hereby making a special request to the provincial finance department for an annual appropriation of 30 million yuan to be used specifically for this purpose only.

October 19, 2004
Bureau of Finance
Government of Yanbian Korean Self-Governing District of Jilin Province

Status Bulletin Regarding North Korean Refugees

There has been a steady increase of North Korean citizens crossing the border and staying illegally in China since 1983, due to the food shortage crisis in North Korea over the last 21 years. There have been 6 occurrences in which the number of refugees illegally crossing the border exceeded 10,000 people.

To enforce the central authorities’ instructions to block and expel the illegal immigrants entering our borders from North Korea, all police departments increased their operations and, as of the end of 2004, had deported 133,009 people back to North Korea. This is very significant in upholding social stability in China, and the improving the relationship between the two countries.

Due to the complicated international environment, insufficient determination and numerous other reasons, the effort to complete this task has become increasingly difficult. It is estimated that there are close to 400,000 North Korean illegal immigrants staying in China. The influx of this large number of illegal immigrants has not completely stopped.

It should be noted that these people mostly came because of hunger and survival. Only a few came because of political motives. Therefore, it is imperative that we increase the effort to block and expel illegal immigrants. Yet we must be very careful not to exceed the limits of this policy and give rise to any interference from international opposition. We should all strive to reduce, in the short term, and eventually eliminate the existence of illegal immigrants.

March 15, 2005
Border Patrol Bureau
Ministry of Public Security
The People’s Republic of China

Endnotes:
[1] The Epoch Times, June 12, 2009
http://epochtimes.com/gb/9/6/12/n2555767.htm

Strengthen the Party’s Leadership, Change Traditional Concepts, Take the Initiative, and Guide the General Public

The party’s Publicity Departments manage online media. Other relevant government departments  participate in the decision making process on any media related policies. These government departments also administer these policies. In summary, to further strengthen the party’s leadership means always to maintain the party’s leadership on the Internet.

Changing concepts: The party’s publicity departments at all levels must let go of their traditional ways of thinking about the media, and do in-depth studies of online media. They must study the characteristics of how the Internet disseminates information, its uncontrollability, and how it involves a wide range of outside parties. All of these features require the government to develop long-term, effective, and consistent strategies and guiding principles. To overcome the difficulties of managing the Internet, the key is to establish a policy, the core of which is to focus on “Shu.” “Shu” means sparse. “Shu” policy is the backbone of how the central government should deal with the Internet. “Shu” is for a long-term commitment, and is not momentary. "Shu” targets the general public.  It is not to divert, or guide a few people, but instead to target and guide the general public. In addition to establishing the “Shu” policy, the government needs to train and build up a large number of media teams. It must also build a large number of teams specifically to control the Internet. For Publicity Departments, this is as important as adhering to the traditional way.

Proactively guiding the Internet to stay in line with the party’s ideology, the party’s future plans, and the party’s overall policy: At the same time, the Party must educate the Chinese people about traditional cultural and historical achievements, feed the Chinese people with a healthy, positive and optimistic spirit, and nourish the Chinese people with advanced scientific knowledge.

Guiding the public is imperceptible. However, the guiding involves all departments, and all industries, such as education, health, culture, science, technology, and agriculture. It touches on topics of corruption, health care, social security, the wealth gap, foreign relations, and so on. The party’s Publicity Departments and other government departments must cooperate in guiding the public. Each department should be prevented from acting on its own. It is obvious that fragmentation cannot form a cohesive force. Under the overall plan of the central government, the professional sector, however, can analyze its own situation, and identify its own focus. However, the implementation of any action should be under the party’s unified organization, and be carried out progressively under the leadership of the Publicity Departments of the party.

To Create Laws and Regulations

At present, there is a big gap between China and the Western developed countries on Internet regulations. China should enact regulations based on a "Telecommunications Act," by adding content related to online media management to the "Telecommunications Act,” lawfully authorizing government departments to manage the Internet, and to create the agencies needed to implement the authorization. The content will not only define the management power of the government agencies, but will also help promote the telecommunication industry’s advantages. It also needs to amend the "Criminal Law" and "General Principles of Civil Law," to outline the rules in order to accurately locate and punish those who disseminate false news, or rumors through Internet, or that cause confusion among the public. Those who intentionally disclose serious personal, private information, or who exhibit abusive network behavior will be accused of civil or even criminal charges.

To scientifically define the terms of the Internet’s technical and functional features, and to implement a standardized language to define these features, will prevent different agencies from adopting different names for the same features. This might cause unnecessary disputes among agencies, and will prevent and help overcome confusion among departments on the same problems due to unclear and inaccurate Internet terminologies. This is in particularly urgent when it comes to so called "triple network integration," that is, the integration of the network content, network terminals, and the network.

In the legislation it must be clear that the users need to provide their real names. In many developed countries, a person uses one document for multiple activities. It is undisputable that the legislation to implement the real-name system is conducive to managing online media.

To Build Up an Internet and a Publicity System that Consists of both Full Time and Part Time Professionals

In the past when traditional media dominated the world, the party’s publicity department had already recruited a large number of full-time and part-time journalists and correspondents. They played a major role. Under the new circumstances, it is crucial to integrate the existing resources, and to establish a renovated Internet publicity team that flows from the central government, to the provincial level and to the municipal level. In addition, there are all kinds of newspapers and magazines throughout the country. There are also many Internet reporters and editors. The key elements here are to integrate all the resources, to build an Internet publicity team comprised of both full-time and part-time professionals, to proactively preempt the Internet business, and to guide the tendency of commercial media.

Investing in the Internet will ensure that all levels of government expenditures are covered, and further ensure the income of network journalists, writers, editors and moderators. A large number of young people can be recruited to work on the Internet, full-time or part time. They can be teamed up according to the function of the online media, BBS, blogs and so on. During sensitive periods, the focus can be on producing a number of influential comments, articles, and blogs.

Recruiting a part time Internet team: The Central level, the provincial level, autonomous regions and the municipal level can each have a team of part time online media workers who love this work, have a high political consciousness, and can write high quality articles. Their work should be recognized and rewarded according to their achievements.

To Strengthen the Timeliness and Accuracy of the Information Publicity, and To Increase the Transparency of the Information

A few years ago, traditional media stayed away from some most important social issues and unexpected incidents. This caused a blockage in the information flow. It also caused great damage to the government’s image and undermined the credibility of traditional media.

Timeliness will ensure the first hand release of information to public. Unlike traditional media, today, information should first be published on a Government website. The party’s news media should become the main channel and it should be the first to publish the news. This will improve the party’s prestige and reputation, and increase the credibility of the media.

To accurately report information means to follow the basic rules of the media. As for various types of news, events should define the nature of the news and/or events as long as there is certainty. Under the circumstance where there may be uncertainty, neutral language should be used to prevent there being a discrepancy between statements made before and after the event. For instance, regarding the Chongqing taxi incident, the presentation was different before and after. At first, the incident was reported as a “strike.” Later the description was changed to “recess.” There is a big difference between these two, and the impact is also different.

Transparency means to disclose information completely, not to show half, and hide half, or leave some unsaid. Such insincerity will cause doubt. The cause, the process, and the final view of the incident should be fully disclosed. The higher the transparency, the more it will be trusted. Timely and accurately disclosure of the information, with high transparency, will limit the rumors and lies to those who know them, and will limit them to the wise.

Accurately Define What Position the Communication Industry Holds, to Improve Technical Skills

The wide implementation of Internet technology: Internet users have increased like an avalanche. At the same time, the number of mobile phone users has grown explosively. All of this indicates that "networks" are now playing an extremely important role. The information age would not have occurred if neither satellites, nor wireless networks had been invented. Today, the world is connected through networks. The networks sustain every aspect of society in the world, no matter whether it is political, economic, cultural, or even military. Unfortunately, a number of leaders and decision-making departments do not seem to understand clearly the importance of today’s communication industry. They do not pay enough attention to it, do not realize that the Internet depends on telecommunications, and do not understand the characteristics of telecommunications. They do not realize the vital role of the communication industry in maintaining social stability.

Because of this, it is urgent to strengthen, and build up bureaucratic structures to manage communications, and to build a technical support team. The steps are to increase investment, accelerate research and development, increase the capability of accurately performing blockage; being able to excise complete control from all directions all day long on key issues, in key areas, and for key events, technically to be able to perform monitoring all day long; and to be concerned about the treatment of these high-tech professionals, ensuring that they maintain a decent middle or upper middle class standard of living.

Closely Relying on the General Public to Manage Online Media

Trusting the general public and relying on the general public has been the party’s secret weapon for victory. When it comes to managing online media, we must trust and rely on the masses of the people. They are the users of online media; they are also the recipients of the Internet’s consequences; they are the ones most clear on the online media’s situation.

The first step is to guide the public. The Internet should be categorized scientifically by media type, such as social science, contemporary political, literary, artistic, art, calligraphy, video, photography and all other types. Excellent blogs, posts, and good text messages should be selected; an evaluation/incentives system should be established to encourage users both spiritually and financially for excellent blogs, excellent messaging, and have these excellent messages rated and published on a regular basis; a popular list can be set up. When necessary, material rewards can be given. The best can be recruited for the professional networks workforce.

The second step is to establish a reporting system. With huge networks, tremendous numbers of people, plus the uniqueness of technical characteristics of the network, it is impossible to exercise full control by solely depending on professionals and techniques. Therefore, having masses of people involved will help to find issues in a timely manner. When they see something is wrong, they can report it immediately. Any harmful, pornographic and reactionary information then can be identified on a timely basis. This will ensure that quick actions can be taken to avoid a snowball-type "butterfly effect.” Those who report others should be rewarded both spiritually and materially.

Endnotes:
[1] Study Times (No. 08 version of 5/25/2009)
http://www.studytimes.com.cn/WebPage/ny1.aspx?act=1&id=2669&nid=9686&bid=8&page=1