Scholars: China makes progress in human rights protection

By:China.org.cn
update:December 22,2017

The United Nations' "Millennium Development Goals Report 2015" also showed that China contributed more than 70 percent of global poverty reduction in the last 30 years.

However, poverty alleviation is not a single force for China to demonstrate its resolution to enhance human rights protection for its citizens.

Li Erping, professor and director of Human Rights Research Center of Kunming University of Science and Technology, said the vision of building a community with a shared future for mankind and the Belt and Road Initiative, both proposed by Xi, also offer a reference to fulfill economic, political, civil rights and the right to full development.

Professor Zhou Wei from the Human Rights Law Research Center of Sichuan University, talked about how to better protect rights of workers, such as deliverymen, in a new digital era when the sharing economy is booming.

Zhou said China's emerging sharing economy has created job opportunities for millions, but at the same time brings to the fore new problems concerning certain negligence of the emerging labor force's legal rights, such as their overtime working hours, unstable employment and job safety concerns.

To better protect these workers' rights and interests, the expert believes establishment and improvement of the relevant legal frameworks are inevitable.

According to Chang Jian, director of the Research Center for Human Rights of Nankai University, "During the new era, the Chinese people are asking for more reliable support in regard of human rights protection, not just through education and the implementation of specific policies but also through legislation, law enforcement, justice and law-abiding practices."

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