China has bolstered its human rights protection capability, report finds

China has comprehensively bolstered its human rights protection capability, according to an evaluation report jointly released on Friday by the China Society for Human Rights Studies and 20 national human rights education and training bases in the country.

The report assessed the implementation of the National Human Rights Action Plan of China (2021-25), which was released in September 2021.

China has fully implemented the five-year action plan, accomplishing all 181 tasks outlined in it, the report said.

It noted that China had advanced human rights through development, with the country having completed the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects and eliminated absolute poverty.

The action plan was the fourth national human rights plan released and implemented by the Chinese government.

China now has the world's largest education, social security and healthcare systems. Meanwhile, solid progress has been made toward common prosperity for all, laying a stronger material foundation for the continued advancement of human rights in China, the report said.

It also highlighted that China has been developing a whole-process people's democracy, strengthening legal protection for human rights, and improving the system of institutions through which the people run the country.

The report noted China's advances in environmental protection. The Ecological and Environmental Code has beefed up the legal framework for environmental protection, while improved environmental quality has helped better safeguard people's environmental rights.

According to the report, China has strengthened protection of the rights and interests of all groups, ensuring that people from various sectors participate in economic and social development, exercise their democratic rights and benefit from the outcomes of modernization on an equal basis.

In addition, the rights of women, children, the elderly and people with disabilities have been better safeguarded.

China has actively promoted human rights education and awareness, fostering greater public understanding of and commitment to respecting and protecting human rights, the report said.

China follows the principles of equality, mutual trust, inclusiveness, mutual learning, win-win cooperation and common development, and it fulfills its international human rights obligations with a strong sense of responsibility, it added.

There is always room for progress in human rights protection, the report said, adding that China still faces imbalanced and insufficient development, while sci-tech development and industrial transformation are also giving rise to new demands for rights. The report expressed the expectation that China will respond to these challenges and further advance human rights during the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-30).

The full report is available in both Chinese and English on the official website of the China Society for Human Rights Studies.

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