The Bill
In presenting it to the Tibetan legislature, Pang Boyong, Deputy Secretary General of the Tibetan Regional Congress Standing Committee, said the bill is aimed at "reminding all the Chinese people, including Tibetans, of the landmark "democratic reform" initiated 50 years ago, since then, millions of slaves under the feudal serfdom became masters of their own." On January 19, 2009 at the second annual session of the ninth regional People's Congress in 2009, 382 legislators voted unanimously for the bill, designating March 28 annually as Serfs Emancipation Day.
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