China News Service, Beijing, March 12 (Reporter Guo Chaokai) On March 12, Ms. Zhang and Mr. Wang walked into the Marriage Registration Service Center of Xicheng District Civil Affairs Bureau, Beijing, and went through the marriage registration procedures without any barriers.
It is reported that this is the first time that the Marriage Registration Service Center of Xicheng District Civil Affairs Bureau in Beijing has provided the visually impaired with Braille and large print accessible format marriage registration documents. It is also the first time in the country that the marriage registration notice has been provided in accessible format for the visually impaired. Single, wedding vows.
On March 12, Ms. Zhang and Mr. Wang went through the marriage registration procedures at the Marriage Registration Service Center of Xicheng District Civil Affairs Bureau, Beijing, with no barriers.
This is the first time in the country that accessible format versions of the marriage registration notice and wedding vows are provided for the visually impaired.
Photo by reporter Zhao Jun
Ms. Zhang has a visual disability of Level 1, and Mr. Wang has a visual disability of Level 2. They cannot see or read ordinary text clearly and can only read Braille or large text by touch.
After the Marriage Registration Service Center of the Xicheng District Civil Affairs Bureau of Beijing learned about the two couples' vision conditions, they took the initiative to set up a green channel for the two couples and provided them with Braille and large-print versions of the marriage registration notice and wedding vows.
According to their personal vision conditions, Ms. Zhang and Mr. Wang read the Braille version, the large-print version of the marriage registration notice, and the wedding vows respectively. They truly felt the sacredness and solemnity of marriage, and the joy and happiness in their hearts were beyond words.
On March 12, Ms. Zhang and Mr. Wang completed the marriage registration procedures at the Marriage Registration Service Center of the Xicheng District Civil Affairs Bureau in Beijing, making it the first time for visually impaired people in my country to use barrier-free format documents to complete marriage registration.
The picture shows two newlyweds reading their wedding vows in Braille.
Photo by reporter Guo Chaokai
Establishing a green channel for visually impaired people to register for marriage and providing marriage registration documents in accessible formats to continuously improve the level of social public services is an important measure to implement the Barrier-free Environment Construction Law.
This measure is of great significance in effectively promoting the construction of a barrier-free environment and further protecting the legitimate rights and interests of visually disabled people.
The Barrier-free Environment Construction Law will come into effect on September 1, 2023.
As my country's first specialized law on the construction of a barrier-free environment, the law clearly stipulates that the country's basic public services use national universal Braille.
In order to ensure that the marriage registration notice and wedding vows are standardized and authoritative in accessible formats, the Marriage Registration Service Center of the Xicheng District Civil Affairs Bureau of Beijing specially requested China Braille Publishing House to produce Braille and large-print versions of the marriage registration notice and marriage vows.
As the only comprehensive public welfare publishing organization in the country that provides various cultural products and services to more than 17 million visually disabled people, China Braille Press fully demonstrates the effectiveness of the national public welfare publishing and humanitarian communication base, and actively undertakes the social responsibility of building a barrier-free environment. Responsibility and made positive contributions to further safeguarding and protecting the language and cultural rights of visually disabled people.
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