China issues human rights action plan for 2021-2025

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.

The action plan entittled “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.

Others are; Participating in Global Human Rights Governance, and 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 prospered, their rights were better protected, the policies and legal measures protecting the rights of particular groups were improved, and the legal safeguards for human rights 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 periods.

China would promote the free, well-rounded and common development of all individuals as the general goal, it said.

The Chinese Government would hold fast to its people-centered approach, and exert itself to meet the people’s growing expectations for human rights protection.

It will guarantee the principal position of the people, and ensure that development was for the people and relies on the people, and that development benefits were shared by the people, it said.

China would protect the people’s economic, social and cultural rights to meet their expectation for a better life, and create more favorable economic, social and cultural conditions to achieve this goal, read the plan.

Efforts would also be made to safeguard the civil and political rights and promote effective participation in social affairs, thus laying a sound democratic and legal foundation for well-rounded development of the people, the plan said.

China would cherish clear waters and green mountains as invaluable assets, the plan said.

It added that the country would continue to respect, work with, and protect Mother Nature, and promote the harmonious coexistence of humanity and nature.

The plan said that China would reinforce the equal protection of the rights and interests of particular groups and providing them with extra assistance, to ensure all have an equal share in the fruits of development, and to provide policy support for the well-rounded development of all.

It added that the country would conduct extensive research, education and training, and build awareness in this field, to create a social atmosphere of respecting and protecting human rights.

China would participate in global human rights governance, the plan said.

China would engage itself in all work relating to the UN human rights mechanisms, propel the international community to establish a more just, fair, reasonable and inclusive governance system, and work together to build a global community of shared future.