Development best way to protect human rights

China makes great contributions

The most visible and large-scale global human rights problems of our time are poverty and conflict. Only through sincere communication and in-depth exchanges in the field of human rights can we protect and promote human rights.

China has been working with other countries to help realize the SDGs worldwide. China eradicated extreme poverty at the end of 2020, achieving a SDG goal 10 years ahead of the United Nations' schedule.

Drawing on its own experience in poverty eradication, China has been helping other developing countries to eradicate poverty through, among other things, funds, project cooperation and technology diffusion. As a matter of fact, the UN Peace and Development Trust Fund was established in 2016 after China pledged to donate $200 million to the fund; and the trust fund has helped launch more than 40 projects covering economic, social and environmental fields.

Also, China has been taking targeted climate actions, and making rigorous efforts to meet the Paris Agreement targets by reducing carbon emissions, shifting to clean energy, and helping other developing countries to meet their respective climate targets.

Since peace is a prerequisite for development. China has also been working to help restore peace in several regions. For example, it brokered a rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran, earning worldwide praise. Riyadh and Teheran have already re-established diplomatic relations, and can now focus on their respective development as well as promote the development in the entire Middle East.

These are but some of China's contributions to the global human rights cause.

Wang Lifeng, a professor at the Human Rights Research Center, Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party