Other Social Activities

Data in this chapter show statistics on participation in social activities, public security, procuratorial, legal and judicial affairs, civil affairs, labor protection, disabled persons, survey on female cadres and female conditions and so on.

I. Data on participation cover mainly information on representatives to the National People's Congress (NPC), members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and trade unions. Data on number of NPC and CPPCC representatives are provided by NPC and CPPCC information centers. Data on expiration of office terms of NPC and CPPCC are updated every five years. Data on trade unions are from All-China Federation of Trade Unions based on statistical reporting scheme.

II. Data on public security, procuratorial, legal and judicial affairs cover information such as criminal cases registered and offense cases handled by the public security agencies, traffic or fire accidents, cases handled by procurator's offices, cases accepted and settled by the people's courts, and statistics on lawyers, notarization and mediation. Data are from the Ministry of Public Security, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, the Supreme People's Court and the Ministry of Justice based on statistical reporting scheme.

III. Data on civil affairs and labor protection include: condition of institutions and personnel, budget, social welfare relief, urban welfare facilities, rural network of social security, marriage registration, retirement pensions, arbitration of labor disputes, etc. Data on civil affairs and labor protection are from the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Labor and Social Security based on statistical reporting scheme.

Data on civil affairs refer to “Statistical Yearbook on Civil Affairs of China” (Department of Financial and Departmental Affair, Ministry of Civil Affairs). Data on trade unions refer to “Statistical Yearbook on Chinese Trade Unions” (All-China Federation of Trade Unions).

IV. Data on disabled persons covering information on the rehabilitation, education, employment and poverty alleviation of disabled persons and institutions serving the needs of disabled persons. Data are from the All-China Federation of Disabled Persons,

V. Data on female cadres mainly include the basic information of age, education, membership in political parties and shift of work position. Data are from All-China Federation of Women.

Survey on the Social Status of Chinese Women covers the time allotment, employment and health care of women. Data are from the sample survey conducted jointly by All-China Federation of Women and National Bureau of Statistics in 2000.