UN Human Rights Commission official appreciates China's education right

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UN Human Rights Commission official appreciates China's education right

An official from the United Nations Commission on Human Rights has expressed appreciation for China's efforts to realize the people's right to education and the importance it attaches to education.

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An official from the United Nations Commission on Human Rights has expressed appreciation for China's efforts to realize the people's right to education and the importance it attaches to education.

Katarina Tomasevski, special rapporteur on the right to education of the UN Commission on Human Rights, also offered her opinions and suggestions regarding China's education, during her China visit which ended Saturday.

Tomasevski arrived here on Sept.9 at the invitation of the Chinese Government.

During her stay here Tomasevski met with Zhang Xinsheng, vice minister of education and Shen Guofang, assistant foreign minister, on separate occasions.

She held talks with officials from the Chinese ministries of education and justice, the State Ethnic Affairs Commission, China Disabled Persons' Federation and the All China Womens' Federation. She also visited a university, several secondary schools, a primary school and a juvenile delinquency correction center.

Sources said the Chinese side told her that China attaches importance to the role of the UN human rights mechanism, has had close cooperation with it, and has supported the work of the special rapporteur on the right to education.

The Chinese Government has made unremitting efforts to realize its people's right to education since the country began to implement the reform and opening-up policy more than 20 years ago,Tomasevski was told.

The Chinese Government has set forth the strategy of invigorating the country with science and technology and education, has increased the investment in education, and made remarkable achievements, officials said.

However, China, as a developing country, has to do more to realize the education right, and China would like to draw on the experience of the international community in this regard, Tomasevski was told.

The Chinese side would study Tomasevski's opinions and suggestions regarding China's education in earnest, Chinese officials said.

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