2019年CRI Democratic reform in Tibet ensures people's basic rights

 

A white paper released to mark the 60th anniversary of the campaign for democratic reform in Tibet says the past six decades have turned the autonomous¹ region in southwest China into a beautiful home for the local people.

The white paper "Democratic Reform in Tibet: 60 Years On" was released one day ahead of the Serfs Emancipation² Day, which falls on March 28th.

The day was designated to commemorate³ the 1959 democratic reforms in Tibet, which ended feudal⁴ serfdom and freed about one million Tibetan serfs from the system.

The document said that Tibet has seen achievements in sectors⁵ such as environmental protection, improvements to people's living standards, the promotion⁶ of education, and the availability of medical services.

Jia Xiaohua, an official with the regional environmental protection authorities, said there has been a significant improvement in the quality of Tibet's environment.

"Nearly 100 percent of the rivers and lakes being monitored have reached national water quality standards. In terms of air quality, in seven major cities, 98.2 percent of days are rated as 'excellent' or 'good' on average," said Jia.

Tibet has set up 47 nature reserves covering 34.3 percent of the autonomous region's area.

The forest coverage⁸ rate in Tibet is 12.1 percent, while the vegetation coverage of natural grassland⁹ has reached 45.9 percent.

Norbu Dondrup, the executive vice⁷ chair of the region's government, said all of the people in Tibet have a right to education that is fully¹⁰ protected.

"In old Tibet, education was the preserve of the privileged serf owners which made up only 5 percent of the population. But now all of the people can get access to education. Our country has provided funds to set up a great number of schools in the region, and all the children of school age have the right to enter school," said Dondrup.

So far, the average length of the education of people in Tibet has reached 9.5 years.

By 2017, the region had over 1,200 kindergartens, 800 primary schools, 130 middle schools, and seven institutions of higher learning. The number of graduates from these schools has increased from 18,000 in 1959 to over 530,000 today.

Ren Jingdong, the vice head of the Tibet Autonomous Regional Development and Reform Commission, said that steady progress has also been made in the provision of medical and health services.

"By the late 1970s, regional epidemics¹¹ presenting significant health hazards had been brought under control, and the morbidity¹² and mortality rates of infectious and endemic diseases were in sharp decline," said Ren.

The local population had grown to 3.4 million by 2018, with life expectancy¹³ increasing to 68.2 years.

The childbirth mortality rate has fallen to 1 death per 1,000 births, while the infant mortality rate dropped to just 10 per 1,000 births.

1 autonomous   

adj.自治的；独立的

参考例句：

• They proudly declared themselves part of a new autonomous province.他们自豪地宣布成为新自治省的一部分。
• This is a matter that comes within the jurisdiction of the autonomous region.这件事是属于自治区权限以内的事务。

2 emancipation   

n.（从束缚、支配下）解放

参考例句：

• We must arouse them to fight for their own emancipation. 我们必须唤起他们为其自身的解放而斗争。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They rejoiced over their own emancipation. 他们为自己的解放感到欢欣鼓舞。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 commemorate   

vt.纪念，庆祝

参考例句：

• This building was built to commemorate the Fire of London.这栋大楼是为纪念“伦敦大火”而兴建的。
• We commemorate the founding of our nation with a public holiday.我们放假一日以庆祝国庆。

4 feudal   

adj.封建的，封地的，领地的

参考例句：

• Feudal rulers ruled over the country several thousand years.封建统治者统治这个国家几千年。
• The feudal system lasted for two thousand years in China.封建制度在中国延续了两千年之久。

5 sectors   

n.部门( sector的名词复数 )；领域；防御地区；扇形

参考例句：

• Berlin was divided into four sectors after the war. 战后柏林分成了4 个区。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Industry and agriculture are the two important sectors of the national economy. 工业和农业是国民经济的两个重要部门。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

6 promotion   

n.提升，晋级；促销，宣传

参考例句：

• The teacher conferred with the principal about Dick's promotion.教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。
• The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级，加了薪。

7 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

8 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

9 grassland   

n.牧场，草地，草原

参考例句：

• There is a reach of grassland in the distance.远处是连绵一片的草原。
• The snowstorm swept the vast expanse of grassland.暴风雪袭击了辽阔的草原。

10 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

11 epidemics   

n．流行病

参考例句：

• Reliance upon natural epidemics may be both time-consuming and misleading. 依靠天然的流行既浪费时间，又会引入歧途。
• The antibiotic epidemics usually start stop when the summer rainy season begins. 传染病通常会在夏天的雨季停止传播。

12 morbidity   

n.病态；不健全；发病；发病率

参考例句：

• MC's also significantly reduce the morbidity and mortality induced by honeybee venom. 肥大细胞同样也能显著降低蜜蜂毒液诱发疾病的发病率和死亡率。 来自互联网
• The result shows that incidence of myopia morbidity is 44.84%. 结果表明：近视眼的发病率为44.84%。 来自互联网

13 expectancy   

n.期望，预期，（根据概率统计求得）预期数额

参考例句：

• Japanese people have a very high life expectancy.日本人的平均寿命非常长。
• The atomosphere of tense expectancy sobered everyone.这种期望的紧张气氛使每个人变得严肃起来。