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China’s Sub-Mekong Region Seminar on Anti-Trafficking Training Material
In order to improve the ability of Chinese anti-trafficking personnel at every level, so that they can better carry out their jobs, as well as to strengthen the work in this area, the UNIAP China office has gathered together experts to compile a pilot edition of national anti-trafficking training materials.

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Officials from Five Chinese Provinces Meet to Exchange Experiences with Preventing Trafficking
On 11 April 2007 in Hefei the All China Women’s Federation and the International Labour Organisation jointly held a conference to exchange experiences of Anhui Province’s All China Women’s Federation “National Anti-Trafficking Spring Rain Initiative”.

Anti-Trafficking in Persons Seminar Held in Beijing, China
The UN Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region (UNIAP) China Office organised an anti-trafficking seminar which was held on 12 April 2007 in Beijing.

Human Rights Organizations Point to Rise in Child Trafficking in China
Rural Chinese children increasingly risk being sold or forced to become beggars, petty thieves or sex workers as their farmer parents flock to cities looking for work, an international rights group said.

UNESCO/ADB Radio Prevention Drama Wins First Prize in China
The Jingpo language HIV/AIDS, drug and trafficking prevention radio drama, “Life of Tragedy”, took first prize at the Fifth Provincial Literary and Artistic Creation Awards held recently in Kunming, Yunnan, China.

Rising Incidences of Child Trafficking in China
Rural Chinese children increasingly risk being sold or forced to become beggars, petty thieves or sex workers as their farmer parents flock to cities looking for work, an international rights group said yesterday.

Trafficking Prevention Awareness Printed on Playing Cards in China
Hunan Province’s All China Women’s Federation and other departments held a large-scale “Spring Rain Activity” at Changsha Railway Station Plaza, during which information on trafficking prevention and safeguarding human rights was disseminated.

Group Works to Rescue Burmese Victims of Human Trafficking in China
An ethnic Kachin women’s group says it is seeking to rescue numerous women it believes are victims of human trafficking who left to work in China and whose whereabouts are now unknown.

First China-Myanmar Border Liaison Offices Meeting on Anti-trafficking and Joint Border Visit
According to the bilateral cooperation framework agreed between China and Myanmar police and the expansion of the Border Liaison Offices (BLO) to include human trafficking, the first local cross-border meeting and joint border field visit to combat human trafficking were taken place from February 6 to 8, 2007 in Ruili, China and Muse, Myanmar.

US State Department Releases 2006 Human Rights Report
The US State of Department has released the 2006 Human Rights Report.

United Nations Inter-Agency Project on Trafficking Regional Project Manager Visits China
Mr Matthew Friedman, the Regional Project Manager of a UN Inter-Agency Project in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region visited China from the 4-9 March 2007 to assist the UNIAP and COMMIT in their work on combating trafficking.

Yunnan, China Anti-Trafficking Training Workshop for Media Successful
The Yunnan Anti-Trafficking Participation Training Course for media staff was held from 7-9 December 2006 in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China.

Anhui’s First Anti-Trafficking Housing Project and Activity Centre is Set Up in Mingguang, China
Funded through the Women’s Federation’s Project for Anti-Trafficking in Girls and Young Women, the Women and Children’s Activity Centre in Qiaotou Town, Mingguang Municipality established the province’s first home, which was officially founded on 6 December 2006.

Guangdong, China Initiating Anti-Trafficking Action
Foshan Women's Federation is reporting that as Foshan is one of Guangdong’s four areas carrying out a pilot anti-trafficking initiative, it is already setting the relevant anti-trafficking actions in motion in Shundedaliang.