China steps up education on Constitution
Yue Huang
01:13

China is holding a series of activities and events to mark its seventh National Constitution Day, which falls on December 4 this year, said China's Justice Minister Tang Yijun at a press conference on Friday.

In a week-long educational campaign, running from November 30 to December 6, messages introducing the founding document have been sent to over 1.2 billion mobile phone users in China. 

Public service advertising and videos about the rule of law have also aired in over 2,300 railway stations and on 2,500 high-speed trains across the country. 

Lawyers and volunteers have gone to rural areas and residential communities to introduce the Constitution and offer legal consultation services to local people.

Tang said legal education among teenagers is of great importance, adding the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Education have jointly released a syllabus on legal education for students in recent years. And earlier Friday morning, more than 60 million students across the country have read parts of the Constitution simultaneously.

"Although the campaign lasts a week, education on the rule of law and the Constitution is a long-term task. We'd like to make every week Constitution Week, and every day Constitution Day," said Tang.

In 2014, China set December 4 as the National Constitution Day, and four years later, China extended the campaign to a week to further promote the rule of law and enhance the public awareness of the Constitution.

The country, according to officials, has been working on the law popularization for 35 years. So far, more than 3,500 theme parks, 12,000 squares and 34,000 corridors have been set up throughout the country for people to have easier access to basic legal knowledge.

The justice authorities also make full use of new media to popularize the law by publishing judicial documents and broadcasting some court trials live online.