A deputy to the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) who has worked at grassroots for decades shared his experiences on mediating disputes to meet the people's expectations in an interview with the press ahead of the closing meeting of the third session of the 14th NPC in Beijing on Tuesday.
For over 20 years, Fan Jiuping, Party Secretary of Qiaozhen Village in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, has mediated more than 2,000 disputes in his village and beyond, earning him the nickname "Fair Fan."
As an NPC deputy, Fan turns the disputes he encounters during mediation into policy suggestions, addressing people's most pressing concerns.
By mediating disputes with confidence, selflessness, patience, carefulness and goodwill, he has kept small matters within the village and preventing disputes from escalating, demonstrating grassroots governance at its best.
Working with confidence, integrity, patience, carefulness and original aspiration, he's confident to mediate all disputes, Fan said in the interview.
"I have been engaged in mediation for 23 years and have mediated more than 2,000 disputes. As a result, I has been twice commended by the Ministry of Justice, and the Ganquan County People's Court has hired me as a pre-litigation mediator. As a village Party branch secretary and an NPC deputy, I will integrate mediation work into social governance at the grassroots level. My greatest wish is that all the families are safe and harmonious, which is also my ultimate wish," he said.
NPC deputy shares experiences on mediating grassroots disputes
NPC deputy shares experiences on mediating grassroots disputes
Nicaragua's co-foreign minister Valdrack Jaentschke has warned that militarism must never be allowed to rise again, as Japan's recent moves to lift its arms export ban and revise the pacifist Constitution continue to draw international concern.
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the opening of the Tokyo Trials, where Japan's Class-A war criminals from World War II were brought to justice.
In an interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN), Valdrack Jaentschke voiced his concern that today's world order is being undermined by interventionism and other challenges.
"It is necessary for us to remember that after the end of World War II, countries worked hard to build a new international order based on international law. However, regrettably, more than 80 years later, we are seeing that this once explored and attempted order is being challenged by interventionism, a confrontational mindset, and tendencies like 'might makes right.' These are precisely the conditions that gave rise to fascism and militarism in the past, which ultimately led to the tragedy of World War II," he said.
He said the international community has a responsibility to pursue a new international order -- one fundamentally grounded in peace.
"Looking back at the history more than eight decades ago and comparing it with today's reality, it is our responsibility to recognize that the world should, and must, build a new international order that is more just, fairer, rooted in international law, based on a logic of mutual benefit and shared success, and fundamentally grounded in peace," said the minister.
"Today, as we revisit the Tokyo Trials, it is meant to remind the world that such a tragedy must never be repeated -- and that we must do everything in our power to prevent it from happening again. We must stop that dark world -- born from militarism, interventionism, and fascism -- from ever returning," he said.
Nicaraguan FM warns of militarism revival
