On several occasions since 2016, Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed the importance of China's active participation in the international efforts to reform the system of global governance. Written by a group of prominent Chinese scholars and officials, the China and Global Governance Series aims to present the international readers with China's approach to global governance and the Chinese wisdom behind it. In the ten titles forming this series, the authors elaborate on China's perspectives on global governance, peace, and development, as well as seven other important aspects of global governance—financial security, energy security, climate change management, foreign aid, cybersecurity, human rights protection, and anti-terrorism.
About Author
Zhang Yonghe is professor of law and executive director of the Center for Human Rights Education and Research, Southwest University of Political Science and Law. He is also the standing director of China Society for Human Rights Studies. Professor Zhang is a prolific writer on China and human rights. His notable monographs include The Origin of Human Rights and Surveying the Chinese Public's Ideas on Human Rights. Additionally, he has contributed some 30 articles to journals and newspapers including China Legal Science, Chinese Journal of Law, Law Science Magazine, Tribune of Political Science and Law, Science of Law, Modern Law Science, The People's Daily, and Guangming Daily.
Table of Contents
Chapter One China's Approach to Primary Human Rights
1.1 China's Approach: The Right to Subsistence and the Right to Development
1.1.1 From Old China to New China
1.1.2 From Subsistence to Development
1.2 Strengthening the Baseline of Chinese Human Rights
1.2.1 Protecting the Right to a Basic Standard of Living
1.2.2 Protecting the Right to Social Security
1.3 Guaranteeing the Rights to Work, Property, and Education
1.3.1 Guaranteeing the Right to Work
1.3.2 Safeguarding Property Rights
1.3.3 Guaranteeing the Right to Education
Chapter Two How China Protects Civil and Political Rights
2.1 Notable Progress in Civil Rights Protection
2.1.1 Caging Power and Combating Corruption
2.1.2 Protecting Personal Rights
2.1.3 Guaranteeing Freedom of Religious Beliefs
2.2 New Approaches to Guarantee the Right to a Fair Trial
2.2.1 Judicial Transparency
2.2.2 The Smart Court System
2.2.3 Judicial Services
1.4 Protecting Political Rights
1.4.1 Guaranteeing Participation and the Right to Know
1.4.2 Protecting the Rights to Expression and Supervision
1.4.3 Promoting Democracy at the Grassroots Level
Chapter Three China's Approach to International
Human Rights
2.3 Fulfilling International Human Rights Obligations
2.3.1 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
2.3.2 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
2.3.3 Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
2.3.4 Convention on the Rights of the Child and the two Optional Protocols
2.3.5 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
2.3.6 Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
2.4 Promoting International Human Rights Cooperation
2.4.1 Cooperation and Exchange at the Official Level
2.4.2 Exchange at the Non-Governmental Level
Chapter Four China's Contribution to World Human Rights
4.1 Community with a Shared Future for Mankind
4.1.1 Idea and Meaning
4.1.2 Vision
4.1.3 Significance
4.2 Human Rights in Community with a Shared Future for Mankind
4.2.1 Goal of World Human Rights Protection
4.2.2 Shared Interests
4.2.3 Co-consultation
4.2.4 Shared Responsibility
4.3 The Practice of a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind
4.3.1 The Belt and Road Initiative
4.3.2 South–South Cooperation on Human Rights
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Preface
The history of human rights development is also that of the evolution of modern human civilization. As much as the achievements in this area have been gratifying, the problems and challenges are also worth our reflection. As a major emerging country, China has not always charted its own path in the development and protection of human rights. Although the journey has been arduous and frustrating, China has made remarkable achievements. At present, China’s human rights practices, stories, and propositions provide a different way of thinking to the world, and the Chinese experience in human rights development contributes a different model for human rights work.
