More laws and legal decrees have been adopted by the National People's Congress, its Standing Committee and regional people's congresses, and more administrative regulations have been established by the State Council since 1990.

　　Judicial reform has been expanded to ensure fairness in justice and law-enforcement and to safeguard and guarantee the legitimate rights of Chinese citizens.

　　"As China has started a new development stage and has been concentrating on constructing a comparatively affluent society, democratic and legal building in the country are further highlighted, and development of democratic politics, building of political civilization, respect for and safeguarding human rights are set by the CPC and our nation as important objectives for social development in the new stage of the new century," said Dong.

　　At present, China is at its best period of time in history featuring stable politics, steady economic development and social progress, greater national unity, coupled with improvements in people's lives and human rights, and Chinese people have been enjoying unprecedented freedom, democratic and human rights, whichare objective facts that cannot be denied, said Dong.

　　"It is quite ridiculous that the U.S. Government on the other side of the Pacific Ocean has indulged itself in the role of 'tutor', paying no attention to the objective facts in China, and wantonly distorting and decrying human rights status in China and China's policies on human rights, " Dong said.

　　One main criticism of "Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record 2002-2003", was that China's "authoritarian Government continues to suppress political, religious, and social groups as well as individuals perceived to be a threat to regime power or national stability".

　　The so-called "efforts" made by the U.S. Administration in supporting human rights and democracy in China are cases of the U.S. Administration pressuring the Chinese Government to release criminals who have been convicted for crimes such as sabotaging China's national security.

　　China is a country ruled by law, and one has not committed a crime for thoughts, religious beliefs or opinions as long as he has not broken the laws of the country, and there are absolutely no "political prisoners", or prisoners of conscience, said Dong.

　　"It is a common practice in all countries of the world that law-breaking activities endangering the legitimate government and social stability will be punished accordingly."

　　Dong said that from the groundless accusations made in the report, it was clear that what the writers of the report cared most about was not human rights and well-being of the 1.3 billion Chinese people, but the rights of a handful of law-breaking criminals to topple the legitimate political power of China and CPC's ruling position, and threaten China's national security.

　　Some anti-China forces in the Unites States have always used human rights issues as a strategic weapon to westernize, split up and demonize China and as an important excuse to curtail development of China and a strong China, Dong said.

　　However, facts have proved and will continue to prove that development of socialism with Chinese characteristics and China's emergence as a superpower is a natural tendency of history.

　　No external forces would be able to deter the Chinese people's firm will and determination to tread their own development path.

　　Dong believed that the report is another example of the United States practicing unilateralism and hegemonism under the guise of human rights.

　　The development in human rights was an important aspect of social progress for different countries and was an always-advancing historical progress, said Dong.

　　" All countries inevitably have human rights problems and have the need to promote development in human rights, so no country in the world could claim to be flawless and become an exception from making efforts to improve human rights."

　　The Chinese human rights specialist urged the U.S. Government to stop accusing and lecturing other countries by looking its own human rights problems in the face and making efforts to advance development of human rights in the United States. Enditem

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