Brief Introduction

Main Contents and Sources ofData

Data in this chapter show statistics on participation in social activities, public security, procuratorial, legal and judicial affairs, labor protection, disabled persons, women’s Federation cardres and so on.

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

Data on trade unions refer to “Statistical Yearbook on Chinese Trade Unions” (All-China Federation of Trade Unions).

II. Data on women cadre include the age, education, politics status and mobility of women cadre, which are provide by the All-China Women Federation.

III．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 procuratorate’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 form scheme.

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 China Disabled Persons Federation.