Introduction

China's State Council Information Office issued a white paper on the practice of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in respecting and protecting human rights on June 24, 2021. The year 2021 marks the centenary of the CPC. Over the past century, the CPC has invested a huge effort in human rights protection, adding significantly to global human rights progress, said the white paper. For a hundred years, the CPC has always put people first, applying the principle of universality of human rights in the context of the national conditions. It regards the rights to subsistence and development as the primary and basic human rights, and believes that living a life of contentment is the ultimate human right, said the white paper.

Report shows progress on human rights

Although China has made constant efforts to inform the world about its human rights developments, some Western countries choose to ignore the facts and use attacks on the nation’s human rights issues as a political tool to curb the country’s development, human rights experts said.[more..]

SCIO briefing on the CPC's philosophy and practice of respecting and safeguarding human rights

On June 24, the State Council Information Office (SCIO) held a press conference in Beijing to brief the media about Communist Party of China’s philosophy and practice of respecting and safeguarding human rights.[more..]

China Focus: China issues white paper on CPC's practice in human rights protection

China’s State Council Information Office on Thursday issued a white paper on the practice of the CPC in respecting and protecting human rights. The year 2021 marks the centenary of the CPC. Over the past century, the CPC has invested a huge effort in human rights protection, adding significantly to global human rights progress, said the white paper.[more..]

【Video】CPC makes comprehensive progress in human rights: white paper

The Communist Party of China (CPC) upholds the rights to subsistence and development as the primary and basic human rights, and works hard to ensure and improve people’s wellbeing through development.[more..]

Students in Tibet, south Xinjiang enjoy free education for 15 years: white paper

Students in Tibet Autonomous Region and south Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region enjoy free education for 15 years, part of China’s efforts to ensure ethnic minority groups’ right to education, said a white paper released Thursday.[more..]

China "very cautious" about using death penalty: white paper

China has been very cautious about using the death penalty, according to a white paper released Thursday. The number of crimes punishable by the death penalty has been reduced significantly in China, the white paper said.[more..]

Living a life of satisfaction is the ultimate human right

Over the past 100 years since its founding, the Communist Party of China has been at the forefront of protecting human rights – both at home and around the world. This might come as a surprise to some, because Western media and political leaders often accuse China of ignoring human rights. [more..]

Huge progress on human rights have been made under the CPC

In July 2020, the Ash Center of Harvard University published a comprehensive public opinion survey on the level of Chinese peoples’ satisfaction with Beijing, which was based on data collected from surveys ranging from 2003 to 2016, from 32,000 individual respondents.[more..]

Graphics: What you should know about CPC's practice in China's human rights protection

As the CPC – the ruling party of the world’s second largest economy – marks its 100 anniversary, China issued a white paper on Thursday on the Party’s practices in respecting and protecting human rights. With an urgent need to pull people from an abyss of bitterness brought by the oppression and slavery that had shackled the nation for over a century, the CPC believed what mattered most for its people is to live a happy life, the white paper read. Over the years, China’s people-centered human rights philosophy has been under groundless attacks by some Western countries due to the lack of understanding of different development paths. But data seems to tell a different story.[more..]