This day, 4 January, in 1969, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination came in to effect. The Convention remains the principal international human-rights instrument defining and prohibiting racial discrimination in all sectors of private and public life. China went on to adopt its decision to join the Convention on 26 November, 1981.
1969年1月4日的这一天，《消除一切形式种族歧视国际公约》生效。 《公约》仍然是定义和禁止在私人和公共生活所有部门进行种族歧视的主要国际人权文书。 中国于1981年11月26日通过了加入公约的决定。
