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Meanwhile, judicial transparency in China has also increased, it says.
In 2009, the Supreme People's Court issued the Six Provisions on Judicial Openness, which expands the scope and depth of judicial openness.
The Six Provisions on Judicial Openness, which applies the principle of openness to every procedure of trial and law enforcement, improves the regulations on the release of judgment documents on the Internet and live broadcasts of court hearings, requires openness of the judicial process and results, and adopts a regular press-release system, according to the white paper.
Chinese public security authority also introduced regulation, clearly defining measures to punish police officers involved in torture or abuse of suspects, people in custody and other people they are dealing with at work, the paper says.
The Regulations on the Disciplines for People's Police Forces of Public Security Organs, which went into effect on June 1, 2010, is China's first systematic department-wide ordinance regarding punishment of police officers in violation of working disciplines.
China loosened the driving restrictions for people with lower limb, finger and hearing disabilities by issuing the Decision on the Amendment to the Regulations on the Application for and Use of Motor Vehicle Driving Licenses in December 2009, says the white paper.
By 2009 there were 3,474 homes for people with disabilities in China, where 110,000 disabled people were taken care of.
In 2009 China appropriated 42 billion yuan ($6.15 billion) for job creation, a rise of 66.7 percent over the previous year.
By the end of last year, nearly 4 million enterprises and public institutions had set up more than 1.84 million trade unions across China, it says. The number of trade union members in China had exceeded 226.3 million.
Some 99.7 percent of the school-age population had access to nine-year compulsory education at the end of 2009, and 99.5 percent of counties in China had provided nine-year compulsory education, the paper says.
In 2009, China also invested 1.24 billion yuan ($181.55 million) for the socioeconomic development of the areas inhabited by ethnic minority people.
At the end of 2009, there were more than 2.9 million ethnic cadres, accounting for 7.4 percent of the total number of cadres in China, the white paper says.
What's in the White Paper Foreword
I. The People's Rights to Subsistence and Development
II. Citizens' Civil and Political Rights
III. Judicial Guarantee of Human Rights
IV. Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
V. Equal Rights and Special Protection for Ethnic Minorities
VI. Rights and Interests of People With Disabilities
VII. Exchanges and Cooperation With Other Countries in the Realm of Human Rights | 
