The HRIC Daily Brief is a daily selection of news stories and commentary related to human rights in China, drawn from Chinese- and English-language news and online media sources that we monitor daily. In addition to headlines and source links, HRIC also provides English translation of Chinese headlines.

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Government Accountability (政府问责)

拖欠农民工工资将被列入“黑名单”,人社部发文明确了!(Social security authority issues regulation that blacklists companies which fail to pay migrant workers)
Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, October 11, 2017
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/NqjUN2XN-1yg-_XSeQxWnw

五年来年均减贫超1300万人 (China lifts 13 million out of poverty annually during past 5 years)
Beijing News, October 11, 2017
http://epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2017-10/11/content_697915.htm?div=-1

全国农村留守儿童信息管理系统正式启用 (Information management system goes online for children left behind in rural China)
Beijing News, October 10, 2017
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2017/10/10/460442.html

山西:PM2.5降幅不达标将问责市委书记市长 (Shanxi province to hold Party secretary and mayor accountable for air pollution)
China Central Television, October 10, 2017
http://m.news.cctv.com/2017/10/10/ARTIQFcmPfNkgdWfLCXSfNdy171010.shtml

中央纪委向十九大工作报告审议程序发生重大变化 (Important change of the review procedure of Central Commission for Discipline Inspection’s work report to the 19th Party Congress)
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, October 10, 2017
http://www.ccdi.gov.cn/xwtt/201710/t20171010_108576.html

China's Communist Party makes final preparations for key congress
Reuters, October 11, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-congress/chinas-communist-party-makes-final-preparations-for-key-congress-idUSKBN1CG0AG