Uygurs perform at a festival in Hami, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, in February. (PURAT NYAZ / FOR CHINA DAILY)
BEIJING, – The Communist Party of China is an active promoter and staunch defender of the human rights cause, and has always included respecting and protecting human rights as a key part of national governance, a report on China's human rights development showed.
The report, titled "For a Life of Contentment – The Rationale for China's Human Rights Development", was jointly issued Monday by the China Foundation for Human Rights Development and the New China Research of Xinhua News Agency.
Under the leadership of the CPC, the fate of countless people has been changed, according to the report, adding that a new chapter has been written in the history of China's human rights by the earth-shaking changes in Chinese society, and the country has seen achievement in the human rights cause on all fronts
According to the report, the CPC has since its founding united and led the Chinese people of all ethnic groups in making unremitting efforts to fight for, respect, protect and develop human rights.
Under the leadership of the CPC, the fate of countless people has been changed, according to the report, adding that a new chapter has been written in the history of China's human rights by the earth-shaking changes in Chinese society, and the country has seen achievement in the human rights cause on all fronts.
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"China deems the rights to subsistence and development as the primary basic human rights," the report read.
The country has formulated and implemented national human rights action plans and other special plans, the report showed, adding that China is committed to providing a happy and dignified life for some one-fifth of the world's population.
In particular, after more than 30 years of fighting poverty, China lifted over 770 million rural poor out of poverty by the end of 2020, removing the "biggest obstacle to human rights" for 1.4 billion people.
China also worked to promote "holistic human rights" in a coordinated way and high standards of "equal human rights," the report read.
While advancing its human rights cause at home, China also actively fulfills its responsibilities as a big country, thus continuously promoting global human rights governance and effectively promoting international human rights development and progress, according to the report.
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Farmers tend cucumbers planted in an AI-controlled greenhouse in Yuanqu village, Longli county, Guizhou province, on May 25. (YANG WENBIN / XINHUA)
While advancing its human rights cause at home, China also actively fulfills its responsibilities as a big country, thus continuously promoting global human rights governance and effectively promoting international human rights development and progress, according to the report
Inspiration for the world
China's novel ideas, measures and practices in terms of how to respect and protect human rights can offer inspiration for the rest of the world, especially for developing countries, according to the report.
Over the past decades, China has lifted some 770 million rural Chinese out of poverty, increased its per capita disposable income by more than 180 times, and raised its average life expectancy to 78.2 years from less than 35 years before 1949, when the People's Republic of China was founded, according to the report.
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As proof of China's human rights progress, the Human Development Index (HDI), an indicator the United Nations Development Programme created by integrating basic indicators such as life expectancy, education level and quality of life, rose from 0.499 in 1990 to 0.761 in 2019 in China, sending the country to the ranks of countries with high HDI scores.
The report attributed the progress to the determined leadership of the Communist Party of China, the country's down-to-earth and development-oriented approach, as well as the emphasis on legal guidance and open-mindedness in respecting and protecting human rights.
With a combined population of more than 80 percent of the world's total, developing countries are faced with similar tasks to meet basic living needs for an extra-large population. In this sense, China's explorations and experiences are of great value for their reference, according to the report
By upholding the idea that the rights to subsistence and development should be taken as primary basic human rights, China has met the basic living needs for an extra-large population and finished building a moderately prosperous society in all respects.
With a combined population of more than 80 percent of the world's total, developing countries are faced with similar tasks. In this sense, China's explorations and experiences are of great value for their reference, according to the report.
Noting that China has successfully blazed a human rights development path that conforms to the times and befits its own national conditions, the report went on to state that China respects the diversity in the approaches to human rights development and holds that there is no such thing as a perfect "Utopia" for human rights.
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It showed the country opposes double standards in human rights, rejects attempts to politicize and weaponize human rights, and objects to interventions in others' internal affairs in the name of human rights.
The report added that countries should base their efforts on equality and mutual respect, actively engage in human rights dialogues and cooperation, expand consensus while bridging differences, and learn from each other and pursue common progress.
It called for efforts to promote fairer, more equitable, reasonable and inclusive global governance of human rights, and work together to build a human community with a shared future.