The Information Office of the State Council, or China's cabinet, issued a white paper on Progress in China's Human Rights in 2009 Sunday. Following is the full text:

Progress in China's Human Rights in 2009

Information Office of the State Council

The People's Republic of China

September 2010, Beijing

Contents

Foreword

I. The People's Rights to Subsistence and Development

II. Citizens' Civil and Political Rights

III.Judicial Guarantee of Human Rights

IV. Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

V. Equal Rights and Special Protection for Ethnic Minorities

VI. Rights and Interests of People with Disabilities

VII.Exchanges and Cooperation with Other Countries in the Realm of Human Rights