BEIJING, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Most trainees have reached the required standards and graduated from the education and training centers in Xinjiang, according to a white paper published Friday.

Titled Vocational Education and Training in Xinjiang, the white paper said that the comprehensive quality of trainees has improved. Their understanding of the rule of law has risen, and there is a general recognition that citizens must abide by the Constitution and other laws of the country. The ability of trainees to speak and write in standard Chinese has improved.

Many of the trainees who have completed their studies in education and training centers have gone on to find employment in factories or enterprises. Some have started their own businesses, and some have continued their studies in secondary and higher vocational schools in order to improve their prospects further.

Religious extremism has been effectively eliminated, according to the white paper. Through education, the vast majority of trainees can recognize the nature and harm of terrorism and religious extremism, and free themselves from the control these phenomena exert over their minds.

Most of the trainees are able to recognize that religious extremism is a perversion of their religion, and their ability to resist its penetration has notably increased, said the white paper.

It also said that the social atmosphere has taken a marked turn for the better. In the course of the trainees' studies and daily life, the education and training centers carefully guide them to change their mentalities, and promote mutual respect for folkways among all ethnic groups while encouraging adaptation to the requirements of modern society. The centers also vigorously spread the concept of modern civilization.