BEIJING: China on Thursday published the latest human rights action plan, setting the objectives and tasks of respecting, protecting and promoting human rights in the period from 2021 to 2025.
Titled “Human Rights Action Plan of China (2021-2025),” the document was released by the State Council Information Office.
The action plan has eight parts: “Introduction,” “Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,” “Civil and Political Rights,” “Environmental Rights,” “Protecting the Rights of Particular Groups,” “Education and Research on Human Rights,” “Participating in Global Human Rights Governance,” as well as “Implementation, Supervision and Assessment.”
China has formulated and implemented three action plans on human rights since 2009. During this period, the Chinese people have prospered, their rights have been better protected, the policies and legal measures protecting the rights of particular groups have improved, and the legal safeguards for human rights have been strengthened, said the action plan.
China has also fully participated in global human rights governance, making a major contribution to the international cause of human rights, it added.
The action plan lists a range of targets for the 2021-2025 period.
China will promote the free, well-rounded and common development of all individuals as the general goal, it said. The Chinese government will hold fast to its people-centered approach, and exert itself to meet the people’s growing expectations for human rights protection.
– The Daily Mail-Global Times News exchange item
