China News Agency, Beijing, March 4th: When the Winter Paralympic Games meet China's two sessions
Author Cui Bailu
On March 4, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference of the Two Sessions kicked off on the same day as the Beijing Winter Paralympics.
On this day, it is still the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar, when the dragon raises its head.
It is a coincidence that the major events of China's political life meet the major events of disabled sports in the world, and there is also an inherent connection.
From the perspective of global human rights development, the NPC and CPPCC, together with the Beijing Winter Paralympics, have become an important platform for protecting the rights and interests of persons with disabilities and showing their style.
On March 4, the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games was held at the National Stadium "Bird's Nest", and Xuerongrong officially "taken over" Bing Dun Dun.
The picture shows the entrance of the Chinese delegation.
At present, the number of disabled people of all kinds in the world has reached 1 billion, accounting for about 15% of the total population.
Restricted by objective conditions, persons with disabilities are often in a relatively disadvantaged position.
In order to realize the equality, freedom and all-round development of each individual and realize the human rights goal of a happy life for the people, it is natural that the disabled, a large and special group, cannot be excluded.
Data map: The red flag flutters in front of the Great Hall of the People.
In China, the two sessions each year provide disabled persons with equal rights to participate in political life through institutional arrangements.
During the two sessions in 2021, there will be as many as 40 proposals and motions involving persons with disabilities by members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and deputies to the National People's Congress.
According to statistics, there are more than 80 laws and more than 50 administrative regulations directly related to the protection of the rights and interests of persons with disabilities in China.
The Beijing Winter Paralympics is a grand event shared by the people of the world. It provides a stage for athletes from all over the world to show the spirit of self-reliance, optimism, hard work and solidarity, and to change people's inherent impressions and prejudices.
The recently released white paper "Development of Sports for Disabled Persons in China and Protection of Rights" stated that sports for the disabled enables the public to deeply understand the Paralympic values of "courage, determination, motivation and equality", recognize the concept of barrier-free, and enhance the awareness of equality and integration. Pay more attention to and support the work of the disabled.
The picture shows the barrier-free seats on the "Ice Cube" stand.
Image source: Visual China
In the China National People's Congress and the Beijing Winter Paralympics, the disabled, a special group, is no longer just a protected person and a passive recipient, but also a realizer of self-worth, a participant in social life and a builder.
In this sense, the holding of China's Two Sessions and the Beijing Winter Paralympics has gone beyond political life and sports itself, and will promote unity and tolerance among different groups, and promote the development of human rights in the world and the progress of human civilization.
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