Xinjiang: Situation normal but challenges remain
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March 9, 2011, Wednesday
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A TOP government official in Xinjiang said yesterday that there are no secret trials or Internet controls in China's far west ethnic region, almost two years after a deadly riot rocked the regional capital Urumqi.
"Any person who breaks Chinese laws shall be tried in public while his/her legitimate rights shall be protected," said Nur Bekri, chairman of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region government, on the sidelines of China's annual legislative session in Beijing. "There are no secret trials or closed-door trials in Xinjiang."
Internet access in the region was cut off for 10 months in the wake of the July 5 riot in Urumqi in 2009 which left 197 people dead and more than 1,700 injured.
"Internet access resumed on May 16 last year against the backdrop of improved social situation and growing calls from Internet users," he said.
"The first thing for Party Secretary Zhang Chunxian to do in Xinjiang was to reopen the Internet access, which is good for learning public opinion and improving our work."
Zhang was appointed Xinjiang regional secretary of the Communist Party of China in April last year, replacing Wang Lequan.
Xinjiang is on the whole safe and stable, but it faces severe challenges in maintaining social stability as its social management foundation is still weak, officials said.
Maintaining stability and fighting separatism are still top priorities for Xinjiang, Nur Bekri said. "If there is no stability, the region will not achieve development and great improvement in the livelihoods of its people," he told reporters.
Zhang told reporters: "I have great confidence in and have no worries about the stability in Xinjiang, but the lessons from the Middle East should be learned on a technological level."
Nur Bekri said servicemen and policemen had been deployed in the streets to reinforce and safeguard social stability after the riot, but everything was now back to normal.
He said Xinjiang's security situation was under control and getting better and better.
In March 2008, Xinjiang terrorists attempted to blow up a passenger plane. They launched another bomb attack on August 19 last year, killing six people and injuring 15 in Aksu, Xinjiang.
"The rapid growth in the tourism industry since July last year has fully demonstrated that Xinjiang is safe and stable now and can make investors and tourists reassured," Nur Bekri said.
The number of domestic and overseas visitors to Xinjiang reached more than 30 million and 1 million, respectively, last year, he said.
Zhang told reporters that people's love for their country and home is the best way to keep destabilizing factors at bay. "The government will do more to focus on the people's well-being and improve their living standards," he added.
"Any person who breaks Chinese laws shall be tried in public while his/her legitimate rights shall be protected," said Nur Bekri, chairman of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region government, on the sidelines of China's annual legislative session in Beijing. "There are no secret trials or closed-door trials in Xinjiang."
Internet access in the region was cut off for 10 months in the wake of the July 5 riot in Urumqi in 2009 which left 197 people dead and more than 1,700 injured.
"Internet access resumed on May 16 last year against the backdrop of improved social situation and growing calls from Internet users," he said.
"The first thing for Party Secretary Zhang Chunxian to do in Xinjiang was to reopen the Internet access, which is good for learning public opinion and improving our work."
Zhang was appointed Xinjiang regional secretary of the Communist Party of China in April last year, replacing Wang Lequan.
Xinjiang is on the whole safe and stable, but it faces severe challenges in maintaining social stability as its social management foundation is still weak, officials said.
Maintaining stability and fighting separatism are still top priorities for Xinjiang, Nur Bekri said. "If there is no stability, the region will not achieve development and great improvement in the livelihoods of its people," he told reporters.
Zhang told reporters: "I have great confidence in and have no worries about the stability in Xinjiang, but the lessons from the Middle East should be learned on a technological level."
Nur Bekri said servicemen and policemen had been deployed in the streets to reinforce and safeguard social stability after the riot, but everything was now back to normal.
He said Xinjiang's security situation was under control and getting better and better.
In March 2008, Xinjiang terrorists attempted to blow up a passenger plane. They launched another bomb attack on August 19 last year, killing six people and injuring 15 in Aksu, Xinjiang.
"The rapid growth in the tourism industry since July last year has fully demonstrated that Xinjiang is safe and stable now and can make investors and tourists reassured," Nur Bekri said.
The number of domestic and overseas visitors to Xinjiang reached more than 30 million and 1 million, respectively, last year, he said.
Zhang told reporters that people's love for their country and home is the best way to keep destabilizing factors at bay. "The government will do more to focus on the people's well-being and improve their living standards," he added.
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