Senior CPC official vows nation will play 'responsible role' in region

China will play "a more active and responsible role" in handling regional issues in a bid to inject fresh momentum into the global cause of human rights, a senior official promised at a human rights forum.

Liu Qibao, head of the publicity department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said that as of now, China has sent over 30,000 personnel to participate in UN Peacekeeping operations, the most among all five permanent members of the UN Security Council.

"China has forgiven the debts of some extremely poor and underdeveloped countries of 30 billion yuan ($4.7 billion) over the past five years," Liu said in his keynote speech at the Beijing Forum on Human Rights. The two-day event began on Wednesday.