Legal issue

29 Jan., 2003 （ Wednesday ）

Usually, school children are not allowed to travel during holidays without permission of school and Education Bureaus of different level in China . But many tourist agencies are seen to organize them out under variegated advertisements. It causes the worry for parents during the period of children's absent, because this kind of operation has got limited legal guarantee.

Yunnan Provincial Juvenile Working Committee aims at quality and morality education for young pioneers in every primary school the province over. This made the bird watching possible to mobilize because the committee takes it as a beneficial activity for children.

It is a challenge to organizers as well as parents for children to go bird watching at Lashihai Plateau's Wetland Nature Reserve in winter holidays. The organizers gave priority to the safety issue on the agenda after the plan were worked out. The provincial committee had the Safety Agreement document drafted after consulted with certified lawyer and brought it with them to the parents at a notification meeting. Each parent signed his/her name solemnly on the paper after carefully reading it.

It is vital important for parents and organizers to reach a common understanding by resorting to law, which is an effective guarantee for bird watching activity to reach its goal.

The organizer purchased both Aviation Passenger Accident Insurance and Tourist Accident Insurance for every participant. Besides, an experienced doctor from local hospital was invited to follow each activity during the three days.