BEIJING: Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a major platform for building a global community of shared future, and it is an initiative for common development and also for protecting human rights, stated a white paper released by the State Council Information Office of the People’s Republic of China.
The white paper titled ‘The Communist Party of China and Human Rights Protection – A 100-Year Quest’ offers an insight into the CPC’s practices and efforts in respecting and protecting human rights as the ruling party of the world’s second largest economy marks its 100 anniversary.
For a hundred years, the CPC has committed itself to peaceful development and common progress. China is firm in its international stance – to safeguard world peace and seek progress through cooperation, ensuring human rights with the benefits deriving from development, according to the white paper.
China has been an active participant in matters of international human rights, providing a Chinese contribution to global human rights governance and progress, and working with other countries to forge a global community of shared future, said the white paper.
Belt and Road Initiative serves as one of the manifestations of China’s endeavors to advancing human rights around the world. Upholding the principle of extensive consultation,
joint contribution and shared benefits, and pursuing open, green and clean cooperation, the Belt and Road Initiative promotes policy, infrastructure, trade, financial and people-to-people connectivity and targets high-standard, sustainable and people-centered goals.
According to a World Bank study, the initiative could help lift 7.6 million people out of extreme poverty and 32 million people out of moderate poverty. – Agencies
