Development of human rights on right road

The State Council Information Office released the country's fourth human rights action plan on Thursday, mapping out specifically what China will do in the next five years to better protect a range of rights Chinese citizens are entitled to according to the Constitution.

The development of human rights is a dynamic process that is always evolving. When people are struggling to survive, the most urgent human rights challenge is guaranteeing them the basic necessities of food, clothing and shelter.

That is what China has done over the past more than four decades. The elimination of abject poverty nationwide, which was realized by the end of 2020, marked a milestone in the development of human rights in the country. And as China has demonstrated during the COVID-19 pandemic, the government strives to protect the life and dignity of citizens at all times, normal or emergency. Of course, efforts have been made at the same time to provide legal guarantees for the protection of other rights such as the right to property, to health, to education, to culture, to a clean environment and so on.